Interactions between lithology and biology drive the long-term response of stream chemistry to major hurricanes in a tropical landscape

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 175-186

  McDowell, William H ^a   Brereton, Richard L ^a   Scatena, Frederick N ^b   Shanley, James B ^c   Brokaw, Nicholas V ^d   Lugo, Ariel E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Hurricane; Nitrate; Potassium; Riparian zone; Stream chemistry; Tropics; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIORITE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMID TROPICS; HURRICANE GEORGES 1998; HURRICANE HUGO 1989; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; LITHOLOGY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; QUARTZ; REDOX CONDITIONS; RIPARIAN ZONE; STORM; STREAM; TERRAIN; TROPICAL FOREST; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; WATERSHED;

LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS; PUERTO RICO; RIO ICACOS;

EID: 84889646817     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9916-3     Document Type: Article

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