Climate, Not Atmospheric Deposition, Drives the Biogeochemical Mass-Balance of a Mountain Watershed

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 167-181

  Heath, Jared ^a,c   Baron, Jill S ^a,b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Water Product Division City of Fort Collins Utilities   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Climate change; Nitrogen; Runoff to precipitation ratio; Snow water equivalent; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MASS BALANCE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WEATHERING RATE;

COLORADO; LOCH VALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897575114     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-013-9199-2     Document Type: Article

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