Water and solute mass balance of five small, relatively undisturbed watersheds in the U.S.

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 358, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 221-242

  Peters, N E ^a   Shanley, J B ^a   Aulenbach, B T ^a   Webb, R M ^b   Campbell, D H ^b   Hunt, R ^a   Larsen, M C ^a   Stallard, R F ^a   Troester, J ^a   Walker, J F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Biogeochemistry; Runoff; Water budgets; Watersheds; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RUNOFF; WEATHERING;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BULK PRECIPITATION SAMPLING; WATER BUDGETS;

WATERSHEDS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; RUNOFF; SODIUM; SULFATE;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS BALANCE; RUNOFF; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

ALPINE TUNDRA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; DRY DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; FOREST; GEOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUTE; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; WEATHERING;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TREES; UNITED STATES; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33644972326     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.04.044     Document Type: Article

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