Hydrologic control of dissolved organic matter biogeochemistry in pools of a subtropical dryland river

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Fellman, Jason B ^a   Dogramaci, Shawan ^b   Skrzypek, Grzegorz ^a   Dodson, Wade ^b   Grierson, Pauline F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DRYLAND RIVERS; EVAPORATION MODEL; EVAPORATIVE LOSS; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; FLUORESCENCE CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; PARALLEL FACTOR ANALYSIS; POOL WATER; TERRESTRIAL PLANTS; THROUGHFLOW; WATER LOSS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOLOGY; EVAPORATION; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RIVER CONTROL;

LAKES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARID REGION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DROUGHT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLOODING; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HUMIC ACID; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POOL; RAINFALL; RIVER WATER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THROUGHFLOW;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79958131609     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010275     Document Type: Article

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