Evidence for nitrogen accumulation: the total nitrogen budget of the terrestrial biosphere of a lowland agricultural catchment

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 411-428

  Worrall, F ^a   Howden, N J K ^b   Burt, T P ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial nitrogen; N2; Nitrate; Total N

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939957208     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-015-0074-7     Document Type: Article

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