Dissolved organic carbon in headwater streams and riparian soil organic carbon along an altitudinal gradient in the Wuyi Mountains, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Wei ^a   McDowell, William H ^b   Zou, Xiaoming ^a,c   Ruan, Honghua ^a   Wang, Jiashe ^d   Li, Liguang ^a,e  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d Administrative Bureau of Wuyishan National Nature Reserve   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHINA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RAIN; RIVERS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84893161567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078973     Document Type: Article

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