Seasonal baseline of nutrients and stable isotopes in a saline lake of Argentina: Biogeochemical processes and river runoff effects

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3139-3148

  Kopprio, Germán A ^a,e   Kattner, Gerhard ^b   Freije, R Hugo ^c   De Paggi, Susana José ^d   Lara, Rubén J ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

^e LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drought; Organic matter; Pampa; pH; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENTS; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SILICATES; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PAMPA; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; ROTIFERS; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS;

LAKES;

AMMONIA; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; DELTA CARBON 13; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; IRON; LAKE WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; SILICATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIATOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DROUGHT; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SALINE LAKE; SILICATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIATOM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; SALT LAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; LAKE CHASICO;

ARGENTINA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTON; RIVERS; SEASONS;

EID: 84898859667     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3606-4     Document Type: Article

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