Impact of winter warming on the timing of nutrient export from forested catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2546-2554

  Casson, N J ^a   Eimers, M C ^a   Watmough, S A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dissolved organic carbon; Forested catchments; Nitrate; Rain on snow; Total phosphorus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PROJECTION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE WARMING; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EPISODIC ACIDIFICATION; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; FORESTED STREAMS; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; NUTRIENT DELIVERY; NUTRIENT EXPORT; ONTARIO; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN-ON-SNOW; SNOW MELT; STREAM CHEMISTRY; TEMPORAL SHIFTS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WINTER MONTHS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; NITRATES; RAIN; RUNOFF; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

NUTRIENTS;

ACIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; SNOW; WARMING; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84864751143     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8461     Document Type: Article

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