Fluvial carbon fluxes in tropical rivers

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-169

  Huang, Ting Hsuan ^a   Fu, Yu Han ^a   Pan, Pei Yi ^a   Chen, Chen Tung Arthur ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; DATA SET; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER WATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84862778032     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.02.004     Document Type: Review

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