The influence of reservoirs, climate, land use and hydrologic conditions on loads and chemical quality of dissolved organic carbon in the Colorado River

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Miller, Matthew P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CHEMICAL QUALITY; COLORADO RIVER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; MODIFICATION CONDITIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SITE-SPECIFIC; URBAN LAND USE; WATERSHED PROCESS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCESS CONTROL; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LAND USE CHANGE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER QUALITY;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867135277     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012312     Document Type: Article

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