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Landscape heterogeneity drives contrasting concentration–discharge relationships in shale headwater catchments
E. M. Herndon
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Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
currently at: Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
A. L. Dere
Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
currently at: Department of Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
P. L. Sullivan
Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
currently at: Department of Geography, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
D. Norris
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
B. Reynolds
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
S. L. Brantley
Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Short summary
Solute concentrations in headwater streams vary with discharge due to changing flow paths through the catchment during precipitation events. A comparison of stream chemistry across three headwater catchments reveals that solute heterogeneity across each landscape controls how different solutes respond to increasing discharge. Solute heterogeneity is at least partially controlled by landscape distributions of vegetation and soil organic matter.
Solute concentrations in headwater streams vary with discharge due to changing flow paths...