Disrupted carbon cycling in restored and unrestored urban streams: Critical timescales and controls

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages S160-S182

  Larsen, L G ^a,b   Harvey, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FIXATION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER CHANNEL; STREAM; VULNERABILITY; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85034410740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10613     Document Type: Article

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