Role of active floodplains for nutrient retention in the river Rhine

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1430-1435

  Olde Venterink, H ^a,c   Wiegman, F ^a   Van der Lee, G E M ^b   Vermaat, J E ^d  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

NUTRIENTS;

FLOODS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODPLAIN; NETHERLANDS; NUTRIENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0041707922     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2003.1430     Document Type: Article

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