Research Notes

Soluble organic nitrogen in Venezuelan rains

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Abstract

We present data which show that soluble organic nitrogen (SON) is an important component of tropical continental rains, especially in remote unpolluted sites where it represents up to 90% of the total soluble nitrogen. The inclusion of SON wet deposition in the N budget significantly increases the N nutrient input to the soil vegetation reservoir of Venezuelan ecosystems.

  • Year: 2004
  • Volume: 56 Issue: 4
  • Page/Article: 393–395
  • DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v56i4.16451
  • Submitted on 2 Jun 2003
  • Accepted on 1 Apr 2004
  • Published on 1 Jan 2004
  • Peer Reviewed