Increases in humic dissolved organic carbon export from upland Peat catchments: The role of temperature, declining sulphur deposition and changes in land management

Climate Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-56

  Yallop, Adrian R ^a   Clutterbuck, Ben ^a   Thacker, Jonathan ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; DOC; Export; Fire; Humic; Loss; Peatland; Source; Water colour

Indexed keywords

DOC; EXPORT; HUMIC; PEATLAND; SOURCE;

BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PEAT; RUNOFF; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; SULFUR; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WETLANDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE MODELING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HUMUS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MOORLAND; PEAT SOIL; PEATLAND; SOIL CARBON; WILDFIRE;

ENGLAND; PENNINE BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 77958099341     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00884     Document Type: Article

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