The effect of land use on dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen uptake in streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2335-2350

  Johnson, Laura T ^a   Tank, Jennifer L ^a   Arango, Clay P ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Land use; Nutrient uptake; Streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349866222     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02261.x     Document Type: Article

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