River network saturation concept: factors influencing the balance of biogeochemical supply and demand of river networks

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Wilfred M. Wollheim1, Susana Bernal2, Douglas A. Burns3, Jonathan A. Czuba4, Charles T. Driscoll5, Amy T. Hansen6, Robert Hensley7, Jacob D. Hosen8, Shreeram Inamdar9, Sujay S. Kaushal10, Lauren Koenig1, YueHan Lu11, Alessandra Marzadri12, Peter A. Raymond13, Durelle Scott4, Robert Stewart1, P. Vidon14, Ellen Wohl15
1Department of Natural Resources and Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824, USA
2Integrative Freshwater Ecology Group, Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Blanes, Spain
3NY Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Troy, NY, 12180-8349, USA
4Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
5Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
6St Anthony Falls Laboratory, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, USA
7School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
8School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
9Plant & Soil Sciences Department, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA
10Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA
11Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA
12Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
13School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
14Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management, The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
15Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, 80512, USA

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