High-speed limnology: Using advanced sensors to investigate spatial variability in biogeochemistry and hydrology

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 442-450

  Crawford, John T ^a,b   Loken, Luke C ^b   Casson, Nora J ^b,c   Smith, Colin ^b   Stone, Amanda G ^b   Winslow, Luke A ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS;

ADVANCED SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; AQUATIC MONITORING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL FLUXES; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STRONG CORRELATION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; SURFACE WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CORRELATION; HYDROLOGY; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RIVER WATER; SENSOR; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROLOGY; LAKE; LIMNOLOGY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SENSOR; STANDARD; STREAM (RIVER); VELOCITY; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; PH; RIVER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; LIMNOLOGY; NITRATES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS;

EID: 84925004350     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504773x     Document Type: Article

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