Increased mobilization of aged carbon to rivers by human disturbance

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 112-116

  Butman, David E ^a   Wilson, Henry F ^b   Barnes, Rebecca T ^c   Xenopoulos, Marguerite A ^d   Raymond, Peter A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BRANDON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 84923265105     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2322     Document Type: Article

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