Variation in material transport and water chemistry along a large ephemeral river in the Namib Desert

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 481-491

  Jacobson, Peter J ^a   Jacobson, Kathryn M ^a   Angermeier, Paul L ^b   Cherry, Don S ^b  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephemeral river; Material transport; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033938984     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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