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Organic carbon transfer in mountain catchments
Organic carbon transfer

In the global carbon budget, carbon can be drawn down from the atmosphere by silicate weathering and by the burial of organic carbon in anoxic environments such as the deep sea. In this project we study how organic carbon is transferred to, and transported in mountain streams.

Available languages: English 

Nitrogen dynamics Alptal
N dynamics Alptal

This framework project contains research done on the site Erlenhöhe at Alptal (canton Schwyz, central Switzerland). It consists mainly of a nitrogen (N) addition experiment in which the effetcs of N deposition on a subalpine forest ecosystem are studied.

Available languages: German  English  French 

 
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