Searching for similarity in topographic controls on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus export from forested headwater catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3201-3216

  Mengistu, Samson G ^a   Creed, Irena F ^a   Webster, Kara L ^a   Enanga, Eric ^a   Beall, Frederick D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catchment; Forest; Nutrient; Similarity; Surface water quality; Topography

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATERS; TOPOGRAPHY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FOREST; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; SIMILARITY; TOTAL DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS; VARIABLE SOURCE AREAS;

CATCHMENTS;

CARBON CYCLE; CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER STORAGE;

FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

ALGOMA; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84897914158     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9862     Document Type: Article

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