Comparison of the effects of rainfall and snowmelt on the carbon discharge of a small, steep, forested watershed in Hokkaido, northern Japan

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 14-15, 1999, Pages 2301-2314

  Sakamoto, Tomoki ^a   Takahashi, Masamichi ^a   Terajima, Tomomi ^a   Nakai, Yuichiro ^a   Matsuura, Yojiro ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC); Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Forested watershed; Particulate organic carbon (POC); Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS; FLOW OF WATER; RAIN; SNOW;

CARBON DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FORESTED WATERSHED; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SNOWMELT;

WATERSHEDS;

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FORESTED CATCHMENT; NUTRIENT LOSS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SNOWMELT;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 0033208333     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199910)13:14/15<2301::AID-HYP876>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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