Hydrological and biogeochemical controls on watershed dissolved organic matter transport: Pulse- shunt concept

Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-16

  Raymond, Peter A ^a   Saiers, James E ^a   Sobczak, William V ^b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; DOM; New England; Nutrients; Pulse event; Scaling; Snowmelt event; USA; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SNOWMELT; STORM; WATERSHED;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84956714038     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1684.1     Document Type: Article

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