Nutrients and particulate organic matter discharged by the Changjiang (Yangtze River): Seasonal variations and temporal trends

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Gao, Lei ^a   Li, Daoji ^a   Zhang, Yanwei ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISCHARGE; INTERPOLATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84867496900     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JG001952     Document Type: Article

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