Seasonal pattern of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in watershed sources: Influence of hydrologic flow paths and autumn leaf fall

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 321-337

  Singh, Shatrughan ^a   Inamdar, Shreeram ^a   Mitchell, Myron ^b   McHale, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrologic flow paths; Organic carbon; Phenology; Seasonality; Storm events; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LEACHATE; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHENOLOGY; PROTEIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SOIL WATER; THROUGHFALL; WATERSHED;

EID: 84896401148     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9934-1     Document Type: Article

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