Chapter 16
Tracing Nitrogen Sources and Cycling in Catchments
Carol Kendall
Isotope
Tracers in Catchment Hydrology(1998), C.
Kendall and J. J. McDonnell (Eds.).
Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 519-576.
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