Natural and anthropogenic factors controlling the dissolved organic carbon concentrations and fluxes in a large tropical river, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 122, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 355-364

  Balakrishna, K ^a,b   Kumar, Itta Arun ^a,b   Srinikethan, G ^a   Mugeraya, Gopal ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Carbon flux; DOC; Godavari river; Rajahmundry; Temporal and spatial variations

Indexed keywords

CARBON; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; CARBON FLUX; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL RIVER;

RIVERS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE METAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER DISCHARGE;

ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; CATCHMENT; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FLOODING; INDIA; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING;

CARBON; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; GODAVARI RIVER; INDIA; RAJAHMUNDRY; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750605093     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9188-7     Document Type: Article

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