Stream nitrate and DOC dynamics during three spring storms across land uses in glaciated landscapes of the Midwest

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 362, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 177-190

  Wagner, L E ^a   Vidon, P ^a   Tedesco, L P ^a   Gray, M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veolia Eau Compagnie Generale des Eaux   (France)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Flowpath; Midwest; Nitrate; Storm

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOLUTION; FIRE HAZARDS; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; POSITIVE IONS; SEPARATION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STORMS; STREAM FLOW; TIME MEASUREMENT; TRAJECTORIES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; CARBON LOSSES; CONCENTRATION PATTERNS; CONSISTENT; CONTROL MECHANISMS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBONS; DRAIN FLOWS; DRAINED LANDSCAPES; FLOWPATH; FLOWPATHS; FLUSHING; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATIONS; MACROPORE FLOWS; MACROPORES; MATRIX FLOWS; MIDWEST; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; OVERLAND FLOWS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES; SUBSURFACE FLOWS; WATERSHED SCALES;

RIVERS;

DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GLACIATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NITRATE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STORM; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44949213044     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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