Overview of a simple model describing variation of dissolved organic carbon in an upland catchment

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 183-188

  Boyer, Elizabeth W ^a,b   Hornberger, George M ^a   Bencala, Kenneth E ^b   McKnight, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Hydrology; River ecosystems; TOPMODEL

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; UPLAND CATCHMENT;

USA, COLORADO, MONTEZUMA, DEER CREEK;

EID: 0030481030     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00049-6     Document Type: Review

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