Silica retention in the Iron Gate I reservoir on the Danube River: The role of side bays as nutrient sinks

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-456

  McGinnis, Daniel F ^a   Bocaniov, Serghei ^a,b   Teodoru, Cristian ^a   Friedl, Gabriela ^a   Lorke, Andreas ^a,c   Wüest, Alfred ^a  

^a Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bays; Dams; Danube; Downstream effects; Silica retention; Suspended soils

Indexed keywords

DAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUTRIENT; RESERVOIR; SILICA;

DANUBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33744456216     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.916     Document Type: Article

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