A mixing model analysis of stream solute dynamics and the contribution of a hyporheic zone to ecosystem function

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 995-1014

  Battin, Tom J ^a,c   Kaplan, Louis A ^a   Newbold, J Denis ^a   Hendricks, Susan P ^b  

^a STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Hancock Biological Station   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Ecosystem function; End member mixing analysis; Hydrodynamic exchange; Hyporheic zone

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; ORGANIC MATTER; POREWATER; STREAMWATER;

UNITED STATES;

EMMA;

EID: 0038685832     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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