Characteristics of suspended matter in the River Sava watershed, Slovenia

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-386

  Kanduč, Tjaša ^a   Ogrinc, Nives ^a   Mrak, Tanja ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

C N ratios; Carbon 13; Fluxes; Nitrogen 15; River ecosystem; Suspended matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON FLUX; LITTER; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVER; SLOVENIA; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; SLOVENIA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SAVA RIVER; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749078211     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010701705112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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