Burial rates and stoichiometry of sedimentary carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in Midwestern US reservoirs

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2342-2353

  Knoll, Lesley B ^a   Vanni, Michael J ^a   Renwick, William H ^a   Kollie, Sonii ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burial; Carbon; Catchments; Land use; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Reservoirs; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027939073     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12438     Document Type: Article

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