Watershed land use alters riverine silica cycling

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 525-544

  Carey, J C ^a   Fulweiler, R W ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use land cover; New England; Rivers; Silica; Terrestrial vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICA; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATERSHED;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876289135     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9784-2     Document Type: Article

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