Effects of the dry-wet hydrological shift on dissolved organic carbon dynamics and fate across stream-riparian interface in a Mediterranean catchment

Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-251

  Vázquez, Eusebi ^a   Romaní, Anna M ^b   Sabater, Francesc ^a   Butturini, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Antecedent climatic conditions; Carbon cycle; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); DOC retention release; Hydrology; Molecular weight fractions; Stream riparian interface

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; RIPARIAN ZONE;

EID: 34447520446     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9016-0     Document Type: Article

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