Dynamics of the relative nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in a reservoir situated in a semi-arid zone (Sahela, Morocco)

Water Resources Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 983-995

  Alaoui Mhamdi, B ^a   Azzouzi, A ^a   Alaoui Mhamdi, M ^b   Sime Ngando, Telesphore ^c  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b Ecole normale Supérieure de Fès   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

N Pratio; Nitrogen; Nutrient dynamics; Nutrient flows; Phosphorus; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT FLOWS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DROUGHT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 34248201641     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-9068-5     Document Type: Article

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