Global abundance and size distribution of streams and rivers

Inland Waters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 229-236

  Downing, J A ^a   Cole, J J ^b   Duarte, C M ^c,k   Middelburg, J J ^d,l   Melack, J M ^e   Prairie, Y T ^f   Kortelainen, P ^g   Striegl, R G ^h   McDowell, W H ⁱ   Tranvik, L J ^j  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^j Department of Ecology and Genetics   (Sweden)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^l NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Area; Carbon cycling; Global; Rivers; Size distributions; Stream order; Streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870232263     PISSN: 20442041     EISSN: 2044205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5268/IW-2.4.502     Document Type: Article

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