Dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in urban and rural watersheds of south-central Texas: Land use and land management influences

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-129

  Aitkenhead Peterson, J A ^a   Steele, M K ^a   Nahar, N ^b   Santhy, K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

DOC; DON; Land use; Sodium; Streams; Urban

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; GRASS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; SODIC SOIL; SODIUM; STREAM; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350104994     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9348-2     Document Type: Article

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