Bioavailability and size-fraction of dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur at the Arbutus Lake watershed, Adirondack Mountains, NY

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 213-234

  Kang, Phil Goo ^a,b   Mitchell, Myron J ^b  

^a Han River Environment Research Center   (South Korea)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromaticity (SUVA); Bioavailability molecular size model; DOC; DON; DOS; HMW vs. LMW; Stable C isotope

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LAKE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ARBUTUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84884900628     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9829-1     Document Type: Article

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