Spatial and temporal variability in the relationship between water colour and dissolved organic carbon in blanket peat pore waters

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 6235-6242

  Wallage, Z E ^a,b   Holden, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Carbon flux; Dissolved organic carbon; Drain blocking; Peatland; Restoration; Water colour

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; CARBON FLUX; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRAIN BLOCKING; PEATLAND;

CATCHMENTS; COLOR; DISSOLUTION; LAND USE; PEAT; RESTORATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STREAM FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER;

CARBON FLUX; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND; POREWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEATLAND; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER ABSORPTION;

CARBON; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

EID: 77958104549     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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