Dynamics of dissolved forms of carbon and inorganic nitrogen in small watersheds of the coastal atlantic forest in southeast Brazil

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 214, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 393-408

  Andrade, Tatiana M B ^a   Camargo, Plínio B ^a   Silva, Daniela M L ^b   Piccolo, Marisa C ^a   Vieira, Simone A ^a   Alves, Luciana F ^c,d   Joly, Carlos A ^e   Martinelli, Luiz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Carbon; Nitrogen; Pristine watersheds; Streamwater; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ATLANTIC FOREST; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BIOGENIC GAS; C AND N DYNAMICS; CARBON FORMS; COASTAL STREAMS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INORGANIC NITROGEN; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PRISTINE WATERSHEDS; RESPIRATION RATE; SMALL WATERSHEDS; SOIL TYPES; SOUTHEAST BRAZIL; STREAM WATER; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; URBAN STREAM; URBANIZATION; URBANIZED AREA;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FORESTRY; IONS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SEWAGE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

NITROGEN;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; RAIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; STREAMWATER; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; GEOLOGY; ION TRANSPORT; LAND USE; SEWAGE; SOIL; STREAM (RIVER); TRANSPORT KINETICS; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVING; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; IONS; NITROGEN; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SHEDS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; INDAIA RIVER; MINAS GERAIS;

EID: 78650622865     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0431-z     Document Type: Article

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