Ecosystem metabolism and nutrient uptake in an urban, piped headwater stream

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 167-187

  Hope, Amanda J ^a,b   McDowell, William H ^a   Wollheim, Wilfred M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Ecosystem metabolism; Nutrient uptake; Piped stream; Urban stream

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HEADWATER; METABOLISM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PIPE; STREAMWATER; URBANIZATION;

DURHAM [NEW HAMPSHIRE]; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907564590     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9900-y     Document Type: Article

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