The Chemistry of Snow: Processes and Nutrient Cycling
The Chemistry of Snow: Processes and Nutrient Cycling
The Chemistry of Snow: Processes and Nutrient Cycling
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<strong>Snow</strong> cover nutrient fluxes <strong>and</strong> ecosystem budgets • Major input arises in snow meltwaters in spring • Major output occurs when hydrological export by streams is greatest (may be at same Ime as major input) • Annual input <strong>and</strong> output generally small with regard to the amount <strong>of</strong> nutrient that is being recycled within the system itself. • More study needed to underst<strong>and</strong> factors controlling the hydrological export <strong>of</strong> nitrogen during melt
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