Aquatic plant nutrients, moss phosphatase activities and tissue composition in four upland streams in northern England

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 350, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 246-260

  Ellwood, N T W ^a,b   Haile, S M ^b   Whitton, B A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Moss; Nutrients; Phosphate; Surface phosphatase; Upland streams

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; MONITORING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHATES;

MOSS; SURFACE PHOSPHATASE; UPLAND STREAMS;

STREAM FLOW;

FILTRATION; MONITORING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHATES; STREAM FLOW;

AQUATIC PLANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOSS; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHATASE; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 39149136561     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.10.038     Document Type: Article

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