Causes of low oxygen in a lowland, regulated eutrophic river in Eastern England

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 321, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 273-286

  Parr, Lynn B ^a,b   Mason, Christopher F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Penrhosgarnedd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Eutrophication; Filamentous algae; Macrophytes; River; Sediment oxygen demand

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OXYGEN; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; SOLUBILITY;

EUTROPHIC RIVERS; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS (SRP); TOTAL OXIDIZED NITROGEN (TON);

RIVERS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; RIVER WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; EUTROPHICATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MACROPHYTE; OXIDATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; WATER FLOW;

ALGAE, GREEN; ARACEAE; CHLOROPHYLL; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 1642543824     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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