Spatial variability in dissolved organic matter and inorganic nitrogen concentrations in a semiarid stream, San Pedro River, Arizona

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Brooks, Paul D ^a   Lemon, Michelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; INORGANIC NITROGEN; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; CATCHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248964057     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000262     Document Type: Article

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