Concentrations and fluxes of dissolved organic carbon in runoff from a forested catchment: Insights from high frequency measurements

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 905-916

  Strohmeier, S ^a   Knorr, K H ^a   Reichert, M ^a   Frei, S ^a   Fleckenstein, J H ^b   Peiffer, S ^a   Matzner, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FORESTED CATCHMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYSTERESIS; RIPARIAN FOREST; RUNOFF; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; LEHSTENBACH;

EID: 84873669041     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-905-2013     Document Type: Article

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