In situ Denitrification Rates in the Riparian Zone of Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed, Alaska, 2002 - 2004

Prior to this investigation, denitrification had not been intensively measured in headwater catchments of interior Alaska. The primary purpose of this database was to estimate the importance of denitrification as a mechanism of nitrogen retention in the riparian zone of watersheds underlain by discontinuous permafrost.

在本研究启动前，学界尚未针对阿拉斯加内陆的源头集水区（headwater catchments）开展高强度的反硝化作用（denitrification）监测工作。本数据集的核心目的是评估反硝化作用作为氮保留机制，在不连续多年冻土覆盖流域的河岸带（riparian zone）中的重要性。