Litter contributions to dissolved organic matter and disinfection byproduct precursors in California oak woodland watersheds

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2334-2343

  Chow, Alex T ^a   Lee, Seong Tae ^b   O'Geen, Anthony T ^c   Orozco, Tony ^c   Beaudette, Dylan ^c   Wong, Po Keung ^d   Hernes, Peter J ^c   Tate, Ken W ^c   Dahlgren, Randy A ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gyeongsangnamdo Agricultural Research and Extension Services   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA OAK WOODLAND; DBP PRECURSORS; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DOC EXPORT; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT; FORMATION POTENTIAL; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LATERAL FLOW; LEACHATE PRODUCTION; LIVE OAK; NATURAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PLANT MATERIAL; QUERCUS; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINY SEASONS; STORM EVENTS; STREAM PATTERNS; TRIHALOMETHANES; VEGETATION COMPONENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BYPRODUCTS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DISINFECTION; DISSOLUTION; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FOREST; GRASS; LEACHING; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; OAK; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECURSOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; CARBON; DISINFECTION; ECOSYSTEM; NITRILES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; RAIN; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER PURIFICATION;

PINUS SABINIANA; POACEAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS DOUGLASII; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA; QUERCUS WISLIZENII;

EID: 70350712429     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0394     Document Type: Article

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