Fluorescence index as an indicator of dissolved organic carbon quality in hydrologic flowpaths of forested tropical watersheds

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-157

  Johnson, Mark S ^a   Couto, Eduardo G ^b   Abdo, Mara ^c   Lehmann, Johannes ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseflow; Emergent groundwater; Fluorescence index; Overland flow; Stormflow; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FLOW PATTERN; FLUORESCENCE; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; OVERLAND FLOW; PERCOLATION; RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONALITY; SOIL WATER; STREAMWATER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; THROUGHFALL; WATERSHED;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL; JURUENA; MATO GROSSO;

EID: 80052271114     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9595-x     Document Type: Article

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