DOC budgets of drained peat catchments: Implications for DOC production in peat soils

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1901-1911

  Gibson, H S ^a   Worrall, Fred ^a   Burt, T P ^b   Adamson, J K ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; DOC; Drainage; Drought; Peat

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SIZE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC; DOC EXPORT; DRAINAGE DITCHES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGHER ORDER; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PEAT LAND; PEAT SOILS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; WATER YIELD;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; LEAD; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; RUNOFF; SOILS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRAINAGE BASIN; DROUGHT; PEAT SOIL;

EID: 67650280683     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7296     Document Type: Article

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