36year trends in dissolved organic carbon export from Finnish rivers to the Baltic Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 435-436, Issue , 2012, Pages 188-201

  Räike, Antti ^a   Kortelainen, Pirkko ^a   Mattsson, Tuija ^a   Thomas, David N ^a,b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COD; DOC; Flow normalisation; Long term trends; Riverine export; The Baltic Sea

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; COD; DOC; LONG-TERM TREND; NORMALISATION; RIVERINE EXPORT;

LAKES; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LAND USE PLANNING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RIVER WATER; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; HYDROLOGY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PEATLAND; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; STREAM (RIVER); TAIGA; TREND STUDY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WINTER; BALTIC STATES; CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SEA; SEASON; SOIL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; FINLAND;

BALTIC STATES; CARBON; FINLAND; HYDROLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 84864350896     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.111     Document Type: Article

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