Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in UK soils and the influence of soil, vegetation type and seasonality

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 427-428, Issue , 2012, Pages 269-276

  van den Berg, Leon J L ^a,b   Shotbolt, Laura ^a,c   Ashmore, Mike R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forests; Grasslands; Heathlands; Moorlands; Seasonality; Soils

Indexed keywords

FORESTS; GRASSLANDS; HEATHLANDS; MOORLANDS; SEASONALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; STREAM FLOW;

SOILS;

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GRASSLAND; HEATHLAND; MOORLAND; SEASONALITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT; HEATHLAND; LAND BIOME; MOORLAND; PH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER SAMPLING;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANTS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; SOIL; STREAM FLOW;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861184434     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.069     Document Type: Article

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