Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope systematics in a humandisturbed watershed (Lanyang-Hsi) in Taiwan and the estimation of biogenic particulate organic carbon and nitrogen fluxes

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 189-198

  Kao, S J ^a   Liu, K K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATERSHED;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0033755859     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GB900079     Document Type: Article

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