Dissolved organic matter biogeochemistry along a transect of the okavango delta, botswana

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 475-486

  Cawley, Kaelin M ^a   Wolski, Piotr ^b   Mladenov, Natalie ^c   Jaffé, Rudolf ^a,d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

DOM; Fluorescence; PARAFAC; Photo degradation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLOODPLAIN; FLUORESCENCE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SWAMP; TRANSECT; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

BOTSWANA; EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863985241     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0281-0     Document Type: Article

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