Contribution of Leaf Litter to Nutrient Export during Winter Months in an Urban Residential Watershed

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 3138-3147

  Bratt, Anika R ^a   Finlay, Jacques C ^a   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Janke, Benjamin D ^a   Worm, Adam C ^a   Kemmitt, Kathrine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; HOUSING; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

NON-POINT SOURCE; NUTRIENT EXPORT; STREET GUTTERS; STREET SWEEPING; TOTAL DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS; URBAN SYSTEMS; URBAN WATERSHED; WINTER MONTHS;

LOADING;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

EUTROPHICATION; LEAF LITTER; MASS BALANCE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; OVERWINTERING; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WINTER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DECOMPOSITION; FALLING; LEACHING; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT; OAK; OVERWINTERING; PRECIPITATION; QUERCUS PALUSTRIS; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WINTER; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINNESOTA; RIVER;

MINNESOTA; SAINT PAUL; UNITED STATES;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINNESOTA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS;

EID: 85017581021     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b06299     Document Type: Article

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