Potential effects of leaf litter on water quality in urban watersheds

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-80

  Duan, Shuiwang ^a   Delaney Newcomb, Katie ^a,c   Kaushal, Sujay S ^a   Findlay, Stuart E G ^b   Belt, Kenneth T ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf litter; Nutrient; Organic carbon; Restoration; Transformation; Urban watershed continuum

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LEAF LITTER; ORGANIC CARBON; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TRANSFORMATION; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907615030     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-0016-9     Document Type: Article

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