Leaf litter as a source of dissolved organic carbon in streams

Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 240-249

  Meyer, Judy L ^a   Wallace, J Bruce ^a,b   Eggert, Sue L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Ecosystem experiment; Leaching; Leaf litter; Long term ecological research; Riparian; Southern Appalachian streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000898835     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900019     Document Type: Article

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