Interactions between flow, periphyton, and nutrients in a heavily impacted urban stream: Implications for stream restoration effectiveness

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-207

  Murdock, Justin ^a,b   Roelke, Daniel ^a   Gelwick, Frances ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood frequency; Periphyton; Scouring; Stream restoration; Urban watershed; Wastewater effluent

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL STREAM COMPONENTS; URBAN STREAM RESTORATION;

BIOMASS; FLOOD CONTROL; URBAN PLANNING;

ECOLOGY;

EFFLUENT; FLOW; NUTRIENT; PERIPHYTON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STREAM;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 3543141871     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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