The impact of surface water exchange on the nutrient and particle dynamics in side-arms along the River Danube, Austria

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 328, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 207-218

  Hein, Thomas ^a   Baranyi, Christian ^a   Reckendorfer, Walter ^a   Schiemer, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autochthonous carbon; Danube; Floodplain; Hydrological connectivity; Main channel; Nutrients; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; RESTORATION; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS;

HYDROCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PLANKTON REACTIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

FLOODPLAIN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMEDIATION; RIVER POLLUTION; STREAMFLOW;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTEGRATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SOLID; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRIA; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; DANUBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 3042578163     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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