Hydrologically driven seasonal changes in the sources and production mechanisms of dissolved organic carbon in a small lowland catchment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5792-5803

  Lambert, Thibault ^a   Pierson Wickmann, Anne Catherine ^a   Gruau, Gérard ^a   Jaffrezic, Anne ^a,b   Petitjean, Patrice ^a   Thibault, Jean Noël ^b   Jeanneau, Laurent ^a  

^a Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

dissolved organic carbon; seasonality; stable carbon isotopes; stream chemistry; wetland

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; IRON COMPOUNDS; RUNOFF; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; WETLANDS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HIGH FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION MECHANISMS; SEASONALITY; SPECIFIC UV ABSORBANCE; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; STREAM CHEMISTRY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROMETRY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WATER TABLE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84883716936     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20466     Document Type: Article

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