Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4213

Biogeochemical Processes That Produce Dissolved Organic Matter From Wheat Straw

By Robert L. Wershaw, David W. Rutherford, Jerry A. Leenheer, Kay R. Kennedy, Larry G. Cox, and Donald R. Koci

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