How green is my river? A new paradigm of eutrophication in rivers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 365, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 66-83

  Hilton, John ^a   O'Hare, Matthew ^a   Bowes, Michael J ^a   Jones, J Iwan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epiphytic algae; Eutrophication; Macrophyte; Model; Nutrient; Review; River

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; HYDRAULICS; LIGHT; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RIVERS;

EPIPHYTIC ALGAE; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT; REVIEW;

EUTROPHICATION;

PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; EPIPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; HYDRAULICS; LIGHT EFFECT; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROPHYTE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE;

EID: 33745116869     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.02.055     Document Type: Article

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