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This book summarizes current understanding of the biogeochemistry of a northern hardwood forest ecosystem at the HBEF in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It emphasizes the usefulness of the small watershed technique for biogeochemical measurement in shedding light on ecosystem function and change. The characteristics of the HBEF watersheds revolve around the forest that covers these hillslopes and the water that passes through this thin veneer of biological organisms.

An erratum to this chapter can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7810-2_9

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Likens, G.E. (2013). Summary Discussion and Conclusions. In: Biogeochemistry of a Forested Ecosystem. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7810-2_8

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