Throughfall and bulk deposition of dissolved organic nitrogen to holm oak forests in the Iberian Peninsula: Flux estimation and identification of potential sources

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 210, Issue , 2016, Pages 104-112

  Izquieta Rojano, S ^a   Garcia Gomez H ^b   Aguillaume, L ^c   Santamaria J M ^a   Tang, Y S ^d   Santamaria C ^a   Valino F ^b   Lasheras, E ^a   Alonso, R ^b   Avila A ^c   Cape, J N ^d   Elustondo, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic nitrogen; Bulk deposition; Canopy throughfall; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Mediterranean ecosystems

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BULK DEPOSITIONS; CANOPY THROUGHFALL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; TOTAL NITROGEN DEPOSITION; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

FORESTRY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOREST; METROPOLITAN AREA; THROUGHFALL;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CANOPY THROUGHFALL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUME WEIGHTED MEAN; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; OAK; POLLUTANT; SEASON; SPAIN; TREE;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MADRID [SPAIN]; NAVARRA; SPAIN;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FORESTS; NITROGEN; QUERCUS; SEASONS; SPAIN; TREES;

EID: 84962034524     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.12.002     Document Type: Article

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