Temporal variation in organic carbon spiraling in Midwestern agricultural streams

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 149-169

  Griffiths, Natalie A ^a,e   Tank, Jennifer L ^a   Royer, Todd V ^b   Warrner, Thomas J ^b   Frauendorf, Therese C ^a,d   Rosi Marshall, Emma J ^c,f   Whiles, Matt R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Channelization; Dissolved organic carbon; Filamentous algae; Heterotrophic respiration; Maize; Organic carbon spiraling; Retention; Streams

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CARBON BUDGET; CHANNELIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEADWATER; HETEROTROPHY; HYDROLOGY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONALITY; SOLUBILIZATION; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VELOCITY; WATER RETENTION;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84857633576     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9585-z     Document Type: Article

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