Role of discrete landscape units in controlling catchment dissolved organic carbon dynamics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  McGlynn, Brian L ^a   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchment hydrology; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Headwater; Hillslope; Riparian zone; Runoff sources; Scale

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COASTAL ZONES; HYSTERESIS; MOISTURE; SOILS; STORMS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); HYDROGRAPHS;

CATCHMENTS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LANDSCAPE; MASS TRANSPORT; RIPARIAN ZONE; RUNOFF; STREAMWATER;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

RIPARIA;

EID: 17044441569     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001525     Document Type: Article

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