Patterns in groundwater nitrogen concentration in the riparian zone of a large semi-arid river (River Murray, Australia)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-54

  Lamontagne, Sébastien ^a   Leaney, Fred W ^a   Herczeg, Andrew L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Floodpain; Groundwater; Nitrogen; Riparian zone; River Murray

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; RIPARIAN ZONE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY BASIN;

EID: 31544467580     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.876     Document Type: Article

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