In-Lake Processes Offset Increased Terrestrial Inputs of Dissolved Organic Carbon and Color to Lakes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Köhler, Stephan J ^a   Kothawala, Dolly ^b   Futter, Martyn N ^a   Liungman, Olof ^c   Tranvik, Lars ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DHI Water and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; IRON; ORGANIC CARBON; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BROWNIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMIFICATION; LAKE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PH; SWEDEN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

CARBON; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF-LIFE; IRON; LAKES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 84881576281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070598     Document Type: Article

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