Loss-on-ignition estimates of Organic Matter and relationships to Organic Carbon in fluvial bed sediments

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 389, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 153-167

  Sutherland, Ross A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion factors; Grain size partitioning; Hawaii; Organic carbon; Organic matter; Tropical stream

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUVIAL BED; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COMBUSTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 0032465769     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003570219018     Document Type: Article

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