Hydrochemical behaviour of dissolved nitrogen and carbon in a headwater stream of the Canadian Shield: Relevance of antecedent soil moisture conditions

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-339

  Turgeon, Julie M L ^a   Courchesne, Françoise ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antecedent soil moisture condition; Dissolved nitrogen species; Dissolved organic carbon; Event sampling; Forested catchment; Headwater stream; Hydrochemistry; Hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTED CATCHMENT; HEADWATER STREAM; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

HYDROLOGY;

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; NITROGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38849083920     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6613     Document Type: Article

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