Chemical characteristics of particulate, colloidal, and dissolved organic material in Loch Vale Watershed, Rocky Mountain National Park

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-124

  Mcknight, Diane M ^a   Harnish, Richard ^a   Wershaw, Robert L ^a   Baron, Jill S ^b   Schiff, Sherry ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOC; FULVIC ACID; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURFACE WATER CHEMISTRY;

USA, COLORADO, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, LOCH VALE WATERSHED;

EID: 0030616782     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005783812730     Document Type: Article

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