Fluvial nutrient dynamics in a humanized landscape. Insights from a hierarchical perspective

Limnetica

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 513-526

  Marti, E ^a   Sabater, F ^b   Riera, J L ^a   Merseburger, G C ^b   Von Schiller, D ^a   Argerich, A ^b   Caille, F ^c   Fonolla P ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Global change; Hierarchical structure; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus; River; Stream

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GLOBAL CHANGE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

EID: 33747066113     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23818/limn.25.35     Document Type: Article

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