Contrasting influences of stormflow and baseflow pathways on nitrogen and phosphorus export from an urban watershed

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 209-228

  Janke, Benjamin D ^a   Finlay, Jacques C ^a   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Baker, Larry A ^a   Sterner, Robert W ^a   Nidzgorski, Daniel ^a   Wilson, Bruce N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseflow; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Storm drains; Urban biogeochemistry; Urban hydrology

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STORM; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

EID: 84907547766     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9926-1     Document Type: Article

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