Do dams and levees impact nitrogen cycling? Simulating the effects of flood alterations on floodplain denitrification

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1352-1367

  Gergel, Sarah E ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^b   Stanley, Emily H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Denitrification; Flood control; Floodplain; Levees; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Ponds; Rivers; Spatial modelling

Indexed keywords

DAM; DENITRIFICATION; FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; LEVEE; NITROGEN CYCLE;

EID: 33745181158     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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