Organic matter composition of gravel-stored sediments from salmon-bearing streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 494, Issue , 2003, Pages 17-24

  Petticrew, E L ^a   Arocena, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Fine sediment; Flocculation; Gravel bed storage; Organic matter; Settling rates

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITION; GRAVEL; INFILTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; STREAM FLOW;

ORGANIC MATTER;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOFILM; FLOCCULATION; GRAVEL BED STREAM; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0141453511     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025416904982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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