Watershed hydrology and dissolved organic matter export across time scales: Minute to millennium

Freshwater Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 392-398

  Sobczak, William V ^a   Raymond, Peter A ^b  

^a Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorometry; NEON; Organic matter export; STREON

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUOROMETRY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEADWATER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMWATER; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIMESCALE; WATERSHED;

EID: 84929619629     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679747     Document Type: Article

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