Landscape scale patterns in the character of natural organic matter in a Swedish boreal stream network

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1567-1582

  Temnerud, J ^a   Duker A ^a   Karlsson, S ^a   Allard, B ^a   Kohler S ^b   Bishop, K ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; FOREST SOIL; FRACTIONATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; STREAMWATER; WATER FLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 72049095899     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-13-1567-2009     Document Type: Article

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