Dynamics of stream water TOC concentrations in a boreal headwater catchment: Controlling factors and implications for climate scenarios

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 44-56

  Kohler S J ^a   Buffam, I ^b   Seibert, J ^c   Bishop, K H ^b   Laudon, H ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal region; DOC; Modelling; Organic matter; Riparian zone; TOC

Indexed keywords

BOREAL REGION; DOC; MODELLING; ORGANIC MATTER; RIPARIAN ZONE; TOC;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONVOLUTION; DYNAMICS; FIRE HAZARDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL TESTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREAL FOREST; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIPARIAN ZONE; RUNOFF; STREAM; STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 66949120725     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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