Biological lability of streamwater fluorescent dissolved organic matter

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1347-1360

  Cory, Rose M ^a   Kaplan, Louis A ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; METABOLISM; PIEDMONT; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER SYSTEM; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TURNOVER;

EID: 84864977901     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.5.1347     Document Type: Article

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