Spatial heterogeneity of the spring flood acid pulse in a boreal stream network

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 708-722

  Buffam, Ishi ^a   Laudon, Hjalmar ^b   Seibert, Jan ^c   Mörth, Carl Magnus ^c   Bishop, Kevin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ANC; Boreal catchments; DOC; pH; Snowmelt; Spatial heterogeneity; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DISSOLUTION; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; RANGE FINDING; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); WETLANDS;

ANC; BOREAL CATCHMENTS; DOC; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

CATCHMENTS;

CATION;

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HETEROGENEITY; PEAT; PH; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WETLAND;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIONS; CATIONS; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SEASONS; SWEDEN; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CARBON; DISSOLVING; FIRES; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; PEAT; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SIGNALS; SNOW; SPRINGS; WETLANDS;

EID: 56249089974     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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