Spatial evolution of nitrogen and phosphorus loads along a small Mediterranean river: Implication of bed sediments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3581-3592

  Tournoud, Marie George ^a   Perrin, Jean Louis ^a   Gimbert, Frédéric ^a   Picot, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Bed sediment contents; Bed water exchanges; Nitrogen; Nutrient fluxes; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

BED SEDIMENTS CONTENTS; BED-WATER EXCHANGES; NUTRIENT FLUXES; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

RIVERS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 28844500399     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5848     Document Type: Article

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