Physico-chemical and biological sediment properties determining erosion resistance of contaminated riverine sediments - Temporal and vertical pattern at the Lauffen reservoir/River Neckar, Germany

Limnologica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 132-144

  Gerbersdorf, Sabine Ulrike ^a   Jancke, Thomas ^a   Westrich, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic diatoms; Critical shear stress; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Microbial biomass; Principal component analysis (PCA); River; Sediment stability

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NECKAR RIVER; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 24944523982     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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