A Unified Assessment of Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Responses in Research Watersheds in Eastern Puerto Rico Using Runoff-Concentration Relations

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 115-139

  Stallard, Robert F ^a   Murphy, Sheila F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration runoff relations; Soil hydrology; Tropical biogeochemistry; Tropical hydrology; Watershed biogeochemistry; Weathering processes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84897483478     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-013-9216-5     Document Type: Article

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