Organic carbon fluxes from the upper Yangtze basin: An example of the Longchuanjiang River, China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1604-1616

  Lu, X X ^a,b   Li, Siyue ^b   He, Min ^a   Zhou, Yue ^a   Li, Li ^a   Ziegler, Alan D ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

C N ratio; Dissolved organic carbon; Longchuanjiang; Particulate organic carbon; Sediment loads; Water discharge; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LONGCHUANJIANG; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT LOADS; WATER DISCHARGES; YANGTZE RIVER;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CATCHMENTS; LAND USE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALLOCHTHON; AUTOCHTHON; CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LOW FLOW; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHINA; LONGCHUAN RIVER; YANGTZE BASIN; YUNNAN;

EID: 80155191849     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8267     Document Type: Article

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