Riparian and in-stream controls on nutrient concentrations and fluxes in a headwater forested stream

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1941-1954

  Bernal, S ^a,b   Lupon, A ^b   Ribot, M ^a   Sabater, F ^b   Marti E ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED MATTER; HEADWATER; MASS BALANCE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84925584679     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-1941-2015     Document Type: Article

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