Combined impact of catchment size, land cover, and precipitation on streamflow and total dissolved nitrogen: A global comparative analysis

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1109-1121

  Gallo, Erika L ^a,b   Meixner, Thomas ^b   Aoubid, Hadi ^b   Lohse, Kathleen A ^a   Brooks, Paul D ^b,c  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

discharge; global; land cover; nitrogen yield; total dissolved nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED GAS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE EFFECT; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 84939268151     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GB005154     Document Type: Article

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