Association of riparian features and water chemistry with reed litter breakdown in a volcanic lake (Lake Vico, Italy)

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 503-510

  Costantini, Maria Letizia ^a   Rossi, Loreto ^a   Scialanca, Fabrizio ^b   Nascetti, Giuseppe ^b   Rossi, David ^a   Sabetta, Letizia ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Detritus; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; Riparian influence; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GRASS; LAKE WATER; LANDSAT; LITTER; NDVI; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN ZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VICO LAKE; VITERBO;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 38849164365     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-007-0917-y     Document Type: Article

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