Coupled effects of biogeochemical and hydrological processes on C, N, and P export during extreme rainfall events in a purple soil watershed in southwestern China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 511, Issue , 2014, Pages 692-702

  Gao, Yang ^a   Zhu, Bo ^b   Yu, Guirui ^a   Chen, Weiliang ^c   He, Nianpeng ^a   Wang, Tao ^b   Miao, Chiyuan ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon; Coupling; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Stoichiometry; Watershed

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS (DOP); EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS; PARTICULATE PHOSPHORUS; RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS; WATER COMPOSITION;

AERODYNAMICS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; COUPLINGS; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; STOICHIOMETRY; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

SOILS;

BASEFLOW; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REDFIELD RATIO; RIVER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 84896880731     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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