Chromophoric dissolved organic matter export from U.S. rivers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1575-1579

  Spencer, Robert G M ^a   Aiken, George R ^b   Dornblaser, Mark M ^b   Butler, Kenna D ^b   Holmes, R Max ^a   Fiske, Greg ^a   Mann, Paul J ^a   Stubbins, Aron ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

chromophoric dissolved organic matter; loads; U.S. Rivers

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GULF OF MEXICO; LOADS; MISSISSIPPI; RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH ATLANTIC; UNGAUGED WATERSHED;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

RIVERS;

BIOME; CORRELATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EDISTO RIVER; GULF OF MEXICO; SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877979145     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50357     Document Type: Article

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