Hydrological connectivity, and the exchange of organic matter and nutrients in a dynamic river-floodplain system (Danube, Austria)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 521-535

  Tockner, Klement ^a   Pennetzdorfer, Doris ^b   Reiner, Niko ^b   Schiemer, Fritz ^b   Ward, J V ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Ecosystem processes; Large river; Organic matter; Retention

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0032788678     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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