Spatial and seasonal dynamics of total suspended sediment and organic carbon species in the Congo River

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Coynel, Alexandra ^a   Seyler, Patrick ^b   Etcheber, Henri ^a   Meybeck, Michel ^c   Orange, Didier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF WATER; FORESTRY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AFRICA; CONGO RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33244481352     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GB002335     Document Type: Article

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