Effects of sampling frequency on estimates of dissolved silica export by streams: The role of hydrological variability and concentration-discharge relationships

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Stelzer, Robert S ^a,b   Likens, Gene E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SILICA; STREAM FLOW;

CONCENTRATION-DISCHARGE MODEL; CONCENTRATION-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIPS; SAMPLING FREQUENCY; SOLUTE FLUX;

HYDROLOGY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SILICA; STREAM FLOW;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROLOGY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SAMPLING BIAS; SILICA;

EID: 33748077793     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004615     Document Type: Article

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