Inland variability of carbon-nitrogen concentrations and δ13C in Amazon floodplain (várzea) vegetation and sediment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1419-1430

  Martinelli, Luiz A ^a   Victoria, Reynaldo L ^a   de Camargo, Plinio B ^a   de Cassia Piccolo, Marisa ^a   Mertes, Leal ^b   Richey, Jeffrey E ^c   Devol, Allan H ^c   Forsberg, Bruce R ^d  

^a Ctro Ener Nucl Agric/Univ S   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

13C; Amazon; Brazil; Carbon; Floodplain; Nitrogen; Sediments; V rzea

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEPOSITION; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; VEGETATION COVER;

SOUTH AMERICA;

POACEAE; POLYSTACHYA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0038582775     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1293     Document Type: Article

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