Increasing organic C and N fluxes from a northern boreal river basin to the sea

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 348, Issue , 2011, Pages 83-88

  Lepistö, Ahti ^a   Kortelainen, Pirkko ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal zone; Climate change; Finland; Fluxes; Organic carbon; Organic nitrogen; River basin

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; BOREAL RIVERS; BOREAL ZONE; CATCHMENT SOILS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DROUGHT PERIODS; FINLAND; HIGH FLOW; HUMAN IMPACT; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MULTIPLE EFFECT; ORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANIC SOIL; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SYSTEMS; WET PERIOD;

CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; FLUXES; ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACID DEPOSITION; CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAKE WATER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SEAWATER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STREAMWATER;

FINLAND; LAPPI [FINLAND]; SIMOJOKI BASIN;

EID: 84860562460     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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