The effect of severe drought on the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration and flux from British rivers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 361, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 262-274

  Worrall, F ^a   Burt, T P ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DOC; Peat; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; FLUXES; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

BRITISH RIVERS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC; DROUGHT INDICES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DROUGHT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RIVER WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53549116176     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.07.051     Document Type: Article

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