Nutrient retention in floodplains of the Rhine distributaries in the Netherlands

River Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-325

  van der Lee, G E M ^a   Venterink, H Olde ^b   Asselman, N E M ^a  

^a WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Floodplain; Nutrient load; Nutrient retention; Plant uptake; Sedimentation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FLOODPLAIN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEDIMENTATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2642524527     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.780     Document Type: Article

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