Fluvial organic carbon losses from a Bornean blackwater river

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 901-909

  Moore, S ^a   Gauci, V ^a   Evans, C D ^b   Page, S E ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NUTRIENT LOSS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONALITY;

BORNEO; CENTRAL KALIMANTAN; INDONESIA;

EID: 79954514674     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-901-2011     Document Type: Article

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