Stream diurnal dissolved oxygen profiles as indicators of in-stream metabolism and disturbance effects: Fort Benning as a case study

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-252

  Mulholland, Patrick J ^a   Houser, Jeffrey N ^a,c   Maloney, Kelly O ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal dissolved oxygen; Indicator; Metabolism; Military; Primary productivity; Respiration; Stream

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION (GPP); OXYGEN EXCHANGE; OXYGEN SATURATION; STREAM METABOLISM;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOINDICATOR; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL EROSION; WATER QUALITY;

FORT BENNING; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27544512595     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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