Diurnal variability in riverine dissolved organic matter composition determined by in situ optical measurement in the San Joaquin River (California, USA)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 3181-3189

  Spencer, Robert G M ^a   Pellerin, Brian A ^b   Bergamaschi, Brian A ^b   Downing, Bryan D ^b   Kraus, Tamara E C ^b   Smart, David R ^a   Dahlgren, Randy A ^a   Hernes, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Dissolved organic matter; Diurnal; Fluorescence; San Joaquin River; Water quality

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; STEADY FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER;

RIVERS;

FLUORESCENCE; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; STEADY FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DIURNAL VARIATION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL METHOD; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148995140     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6887     Document Type: Article

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