High variability in temporal and spatial nutrient retention in mediterranean streams

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 854-869

  Martí, Eugenia ^a,b   Sabater, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Channel form; Mediterranean streams; Nutrient retention; Phosphate; Uptake length; Uptake rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001758756     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265506     Document Type: Article

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