Inferring nitrate sources through end member mixing analysis in an intermittent Mediterranean stream

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-289

  Bernal, Susana ^a   Butturini, Andrea ^b   Sabater, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

EMMA; Intermittent stream; Mediterranean regions; Nitrate sources; Stormflow generation; Streamwater nitrate

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; STORMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33750504648     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-006-9041-7     Document Type: Article

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