Using sound pressure to estimate reaeration in streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-37

  Morse, Nathaniel ^a,e   Bowden, William Breck ^a   Hackman, Alexander ^a   Pruden, Celia ^b   Steiner, Erin ^c,f   Berger, Elliott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^d E A R/Aearo Company   (United States)

^e FREESE AND NICHOLS INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Methods; Open system metabolism; Primary production; Reaeration; Sound; Streams

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; AERATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RESPIRATION; STREAM; TURBULENCE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 33847667842     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[28:USPTER]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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