Hydrogeologic and landscape controls of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and dissolved silica (DSi) fluxes in heterogeneous catchments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 450-451, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-47

  Onderka, Milan ^a,b   Wrede, Sebastian ^a,c   Rodný, Marek ^b   Pfister, Laurent ^a   Hoffmann, Lucien ^a   Krein, Andreas ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dissolved inorganic nitrogen; Dissolved silica; Hydrology; Land cover; Nutrient fluxes; Physiography

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; DISSOLVED SILICA; LAND COVER; NUTRIENT FLUXES; PHYSIOGRAPHY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENTS; FERTILIZERS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; NITROGEN; SILICA; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLUTION;

CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FLOW PATTERN; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; LITHOLOGY; MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SILICA; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER QUALITY;

LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX];

EID: 84862669325     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.035     Document Type: Article

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