Seasonal variation of DOC concentration and annual loss of DOC from an Atlantic blanket bog in South Western Ireland

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-242

  Koehler, Ann Kristin ^a   Murphy, Kilian ^a   Kiely, Gerard ^a   Sottocornola, Matteo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; DOC flux; Peatland; Seasonal variation of dissolved organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BLANKET BOG; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSTREAM FLOW; MODEL TEST; PEATLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; STREAMFLOW;

IRELAND;

EID: 76149099557     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9333-9     Document Type: Article

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