Nitrogen export from a boreal stream network following forest  harvesting: seasonal nitrate removal and conservative export of organic  forms

Schelker, J.; Sponseller, R.; Ring, E.; Högbom, L.; Löfgren, S.; Laudon, H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

Research article

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14 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 14 Jan 2016

Nitrogen export from a boreal stream network following forest harvesting: seasonal nitrate removal and conservative export of organic forms

J. Schelker, R. Sponseller, E. Ring, L. Högbom, S. Löfgren, and H. Laudon

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RC C4816: 'Review', Wilfred Wollheim, 28 Aug 2015
RC C4978: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Sep 2015
RC C5325: 'Comments on BG-2015-331', Anonymous Referee #3, 14 Sep 2015
AC C7452: 'Author Response', Jakob Schelker, 06 Nov 2015
AC C7772: 'Second Author Comment with revised manuscript with tracked changes', Jakob Schelker, 18 Nov 2015

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (10 Nov 2015) by Tom J. Battin

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ED: Publish as is (26 Nov 2015) by Tom J. Battin

AR by Jakob Schelker on behalf of the Authors (27 Nov 2015)

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The scientific question that is addressed in this study is how forest disturbance affects organic and inorganic nitrogen export from a boreal landscape. The key findings are that the mobilization of inorganic nitrogen from the terrestrial environment to streams increased strongly as a response to harvesting, but the stream network removed a major fraction of this load before it reached the outlet, while organic nitrogen was not removed and transported downstream.