The influence of aquatic macrophytes on the hydraulic and physico-chemical properties of a New Zealand lowland stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 416, Issue , 1999, Pages 203-214

  Wilcock, Robert J ^a   Champion, Paul D ^a   Nagels, John W ^a   Croker, Glenys F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Dissolved oxygen; Gas tracer; Hydraulic variables; Macrophytes; Reaeration coefficient

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; STREAM;

NEW ZEALAND;

EGERIA DENSA;

EID: 0033495960     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003837231848     Document Type: Article

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