Nitrate reductase activity in vegetation below an arctic bird cliff, Svalbard, Norway

• Published in: Journal of Vegetation Science
• Main Author: Odasz, Ann Marie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2009
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Guano; Norway; Svalbard
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7201890/; https://doi.org/10.2307/3236203

Abstract. Vegetated sites below bird‐nesting cliffs are uniquely nutrient‐rich habitats in the otherwise nutrient‐poor arctic environment. Plants from six distinct vegetation zones below such a cliff at 79° N, Svalbard, Norway, were collected for analysis under greenhouse conditions. Leaf nitrate re...