Biological and geochemical controls on diel dissolved inorganic carbon cycling in a low-order agricultural stream: Implications for reach scales and beyond

Chemical Geology

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 18-30

  Tobias, Craig ^a   Böhlke, John Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate saturation; Diel cycles; Inorganic carbon; Stable isotope; Stream metabolism; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL STREAMS; AIR-WATER EXCHANGE; BASEFLOWS; CARBON BUDGETS; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; DIEL CYCLES; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EQUILIBRIUM SATURATION; GEOCHEMICAL CONTROL; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; INORGANIC CARBON; MASS BALANCE MODEL; MONITORING STATIONS; NET CARBON FLUX; OVERLYING WATER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER BASINS; RIVER NETWORK; SATURATION STATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM METABOLISM; TIME-STEPPING; WATER COLUMNS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

AIR; ALKALINITY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; ISOTOPES; METABOLISM; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

BASEFLOW; CARBON BUDGET; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INORGANIC CARBON; METABOLISM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952898483     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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