Seasonal variation in dissolved carbon concentrations and fluxes in the upper Purus River, southwestern Amazon

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 245-254

  Salimon, Cleber ^a   dos Santos Sousa, Eliete ^a,b   Alin, Simone R ^c   Krusche, Alex Vladimir ^b   Ballester, Maria Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Dissolved organic carbon; pH; Seasonality; Water discharge

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRAINAGE BASIN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEADWATER; PH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AMAZONIA; PURUS RIVER;

EID: 84879217446     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9806-0     Document Type: Article

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