Fluorescence characteristics and biodegradability of dissolved organic matter in forest and wetland soils from coastal temperate watersheds in southeast Alaska

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-184

  Fellman, Jason B ^a   D'Amore, David V ^b   Hood, Eran ^c   Boone, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable dissolved organic carbon; Dissolved organic matter; Fluorescence; PARAFAC; Peatland; Soil biogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOG; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; FLUORESCENCE; FOREST SOIL; PEATLAND; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449161931     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-008-9203-x     Document Type: Article

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