Nutrient loads exported from managed catchments reveal emergent biogeochemical stationarity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Basu, Nandita B ^a   Destouni, Georgia ^b   Jawitz, James W ^c   Thompson, Sally E ^d   Loukinova, Natalia V ^a   Darracq, Amélie ^b   Zanardo, Stefano ^e   Yaeger, Mary ^f   Sivapalan, Murugesu ^f,g,h   Rinaldo, Andrea ⁱ   Rao, P Suresh C ^e  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BALTIC SEA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESPONSE; CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; CLIMATIC DRIVERS; COASTAL WATERS; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOGENIC; HUMAN INTERFERENCE; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LONG TERM MONITORING; MISSISSIPPI-ATCHAFALAYA; NUTRIENT LOADS; NUTRIENT SOURCES; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; QUALITY IMPACT; QUALITY PROBLEMS; RIVER BASINS; STATIONARITY; STOCHASTIC NATURE; THEORETICAL EXPLANATION;

CATCHMENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATER; DATA SET; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOGENIC SOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; STOCHASTICITY; WATER QUALITY;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; BALTIC REGION; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954477700     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045168     Document Type: Article

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