Spatial heterogeneity of stream water nutrient concentrations over successional time

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2283-2298

  Dent, C Lisa ^a   Grimm, Nancy B ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert streams; Geostatistics; Heterogeneity; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Patch; Scale; Spatial variability; Succession; Variograms

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION;

CALIFORNIA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032826627     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2283:SHOSWN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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