Temporal variation and fluxes of dissolved and particulate organic carbon in the Apure, Caura and Orinoco rivers, Venezuela

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-56

  Mora, Abrahan ^a   Laraque, Alain ^b   Moreira Turcq, Patricia ^b   Alfonso, Juan A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Apure river; Caura river; DOC; OC fluxes; Orinoco river; TOC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901240849     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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