The relationship between soil heterotrophic activity, soil dissolved organic carbon (DOC) leachate, and catchment-scale DOC export in headwater catchments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1895-1902

  Brooks, P D ^a   McKnight, D M ^a   Bencala, K E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GEOLOGY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

CARBON BUDGET; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HEADWATER; LEACHATE; SOIL FAUNA; WATER CHEMISTRY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032982061     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900125     Document Type: Article

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