Seasonal variation in nutrient retention during inundation of a short-hydroperiod floodplain

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1088-1101

  Noe, Gregory B ^a   Hupp, Cliff R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood; Floodplain; Nitrogen; Nutrient; Phosphorus; Retention; Sediment; Wetland

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; FLUSHING; HYDROPERIOD; HYPORHEIC ZONE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349150929     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1035     Document Type: Article

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