Relationship between river size and nutrient removal

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Wollheim, Wil M ^a   Vorosmarty C J ^a   Peterson, B J ^b   Seitzinger, S P ^c   Hopkinson, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BENTHIC DOMINATED SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; NUTRIENT REMOVAL CONTROL; RIVER NETWORK MODELS;

RIVERS;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RIVER SYSTEM;

EID: 33646448767     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025845     Document Type: Article

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