Is the composition of dissolved organic carbon changing in upland acidic streams?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 7748-7753

  Dawson, Julian J C ^a   Malcolm, Iain A ^b   Middlemas, Stuart J ^b   Tetzlaff, Doerthe ^a   Soulsby, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; ACIDIC STREAMS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON SUBSTRATES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOMINANT MECHANISM; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; HYDROPHOBIC MATERIAL; KEY LINKS; LONG-TERM TREND; MODELING APPROACH; ORGANIC MATTER; SCOTLAND , UK; ULTRA-VIOLET; UPLAND SOIL; UV ABSORBANCE;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; DISSOLUTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LANDFORMS; SOILS; STREAM FLOW;

ORGANIC CARBON;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

ABSORPTION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER; HETEROTROPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC MATTER; STREAMWATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CARBON CYCLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAND BIOME; METEOROLOGY; SOLUBILITY; STREAM (RIVER); ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARBON; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SCOTLAND; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 70450093690     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901649b     Document Type: Article

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