Controls on dissolved organic matter concentrations in soils and streams from a forested wetland and sloping bog in southeast Alaska

Ecohydrology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-261

  D'Amore, David V ^a   Fellman, Jason B ^b   Edwards, Richard T ^a   Hood, Eran ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrotelm; Biogeochemistry; Peat hydrology; Peatlands

Indexed keywords

ACROTELM; CARBON FLUXES; CLIMATE SHIFTS; DEPTH-TO-WATER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; EXPORT PATTERN; FORESTED WETLANDS; INFORMATION GAP; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; PEAT LAND; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRELIMINARY MODEL; PRIMARY FACTORS; REDOX POTENTIALS; REMOVAL MECHANISM; RETENTION MECHANISM; SEASONAL CHANGES; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SOIL SATURATION; SOIL SOLUTIONS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TYPES; SOIL WATER; STREAM WATER; TEMPERATE RAINFOREST; WATER TABLES; WETLAND SOILS;

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; FORESTRY; HYDRAULICS; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; REDOX REACTIONS; RIVERS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOG; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; RAINFOREST; REDOX POTENTIAL; SATURATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATE FOREST; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958545752     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.101     Document Type: Article

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