Intensity of mineralization in the hyporheic zone of the prealpine river Bača (West Slovenia)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 221-234

  Simčič, Tatjana ^a   Mori, Nataša ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

ETS activity; ETS R ratio; Hyporheic sediments; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT SYSTEMS (ETS); GRAVEL BARS (GB); HYPORHEIC SEDIMENTS; RIVER BEDD (RB);

BIOMINERALIZATION;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOFILM; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HYDROLOGY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RIVER BED;

BACA RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249019254     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0621-x     Document Type: Article

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