Drought-induced discontinuities in the source and degradation of dissolved organic matter in a Mediterranean river

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 125-139

  Casas Ruiz, Joan P ^a   Tittel, Jörg ^b   von Schiller, Daniel ^c   Catalán, Núria ^d   Obrador, Biel ^e   Gómez Gener, Lluís ^e   Zwirnmann, Elke ^f   Sabater, Sergi ^a,g   Marcé, Rafael ^a  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degradation; Dissolved organic matter; Drought; Mediterranean rivers; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AUTOCHTHON; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DROUGHT; HETEROGENEITY; LEACHATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RIVER BASIN; RIVER CHANNEL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 84958614420     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-015-0173-5     Document Type: Article

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