Modeling dissolved organic carbon mass balances for lakes of the Muskoka River Watershed

Hydrology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 273-290

  O'connor, E M ^a   Dillon, P J ^a   Molot, L A ^b   Creed, I F ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Fluxes; Mass balance model; Precambrian Shield; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISSOLUTION; FLUXES; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC CONCENTRATIONS; MASS BALANCE MODEL; MODEL PREDICTION; PRECAMBRIAN; RAPID ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES; SPATIAL ATTRIBUTE;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GIS; LAKE WATER; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

CANADA; MUSKOKA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 67649808162     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2009.106     Document Type: Article

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