Distinguishing dissolved organic matter at its origin: Size and optical properties of leaf-litter leachates

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1483-1489

  Cuss, C W ^a   Gueguen C ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical flow field flow fractionation (AF4); Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Dissolved organic matter (DOM); Excitation emission matrix (EEM); PARAFAC; Principal component analysis (PCA)

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; FLOW FIELDS; FLUORESCENCE; FORESTRY; LEACHING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC CARBON;

ASYMMETRICAL FLOW FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; PARAFAC;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; SUGAR;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FRACTIONATION; LEACHATE; LEAF LITTER; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LEAF LITTER; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OAK; OPTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SPRUCE; WHITE SPRUCE;

DISSOLVING; FLUORESCENCE; FORESTRY; FRACTIONATION; LEACHING; LOADING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC MATTER;

ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; QUERCUS MACROCARPA;

EID: 84880699056     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.062     Document Type: Article

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