Sources and seasonal patterns of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the hyporheic zone

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 647, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-111

  Wong, Jessica C Y ^a   Williams, Dudley D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Dissolved organic matter; Excitation emission matrices; Hyporheic zone; Spectroscopy; Streams

Indexed keywords

AROMATICITIES; BENTHIC BIOTA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CARBON CYCLING; DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DOWN-WELLING; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; HYPORHEIC ZONE; LEACHATES; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL SOURCES; ONTARIO; ORGANIC MATTER; RIPARIAN ZONES; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SPECTRAL SLOPES; STREAMBEDS; SUBSURFACE WATERS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; THIRD-ORDER; UV SPECTROSCOPY; WATERSHED PROCESS;

BIOFILMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; LEAF SPRINGS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BIOFILM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; HYPORHEIC ZONE; LEACHATE; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT; RIPARIAN ZONE; SLOPE; SPECTROSCOPY; STREAM BED; SURFACE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; CHAMAECYPARIS; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 77952009704     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9950-2     Document Type: Article

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