Urban trees reduce nutrient leaching to groundwater

Ecological Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1566-1580

  Nidzgorski, Daniel A ^a   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Nitrogen; Nutrient leaching; Nutrient pollution; Phosphorus; Plant traits; Urban ecosystems; Urban trees

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; GRASS; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL WATER; STORMWATER; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; SAINT PAUL; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; POACEAE;

GROUND WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CITY; MINNESOTA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TREE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CITIES; GROUNDWATER; MINNESOTA; SOIL; TREES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84977614616     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/15-0976     Document Type: Article

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