Hydrological transitions drive dissolved organic matter quantity and composition in a temporary Mediterranean stream

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 429-446

  von Schiller, Daniel ^a   Graeber, Daniel ^b   Ribot, Miquel ^c   Timoner, Xisca ^a,d   Acuña, Vicenç ^a   Martí, Eugènia ^c   Sabater, Sergi ^a,d   Tockner, Klement ^e,f  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Dissolved organic matter; Drought; Drying; Rewetting; Temporary stream

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940001290     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-015-0077-4     Document Type: Article

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