Carbon and Nitrogen Export from Semiarid Uplands to Perennial Rivers: Connections and Missing Links, San Pedro River, Arizona, USA

Geography Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 546-559

  Meixner, Thomas ^a   Brooks, Paul ^a   Hogan, James ^a,b   Soto, Carlos ^a   Simpson, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b New Mexico Environment Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CATCHMENT; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION; UPLAND REGION; WATER COLUMN;

ARIZONA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866564069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2012.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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