A simple model of phosphorus retention evoked by submerged macrophytes in lowland rivers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 563, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 521-525

  Schulz, Marcus ^a   Köhler, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic vegetation; Black box model; Nutrient retention; Phosphorus; River ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS;

AQUATIC VEGETATION; BLACK-BOX MODEL; NUTRIENT RETENTION; RIVER ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY;

MACROPHYTE; PHOSPHORUS; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 33646696396     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0027-1     Document Type: Article

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