Fluorescence characteristics and sources of dissolved organic matter for stream water during storm events in a forested mid-Atlantic watershed

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Inamdar, Shreeram ^a   Singh, Shatrughan ^b   Dutta, Sudarshan ^a   Levia, Delphis ^a   Mitchell, Myron ^c   Scott, Durelle ^d   Bais, Harsh ^a   McHale, Pat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; BASEFLOW; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DROUGHT; FLOW PATTERN; FLUORESCENCE; FORESTED CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEADWATER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEACHATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTEIN; RUNOFF; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; THROUGHFALL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053590408     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001735     Document Type: Article

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