Water nutrient concentrations in channels in relation to occurrence of aquatic plants: A case study in eastern Croatia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 603, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 253-266

  Kočić, Aleksandra ^a   Hengl, Tomislav ^b   Horvatić, Janja ^a  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Croatia; Kriging; Nitrates; Stepwise regression; Sulfates

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NUTRIENTS; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC PLANTS; STEPWISE REGRESSION; WATER NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMMONIUM; BIOINDICATOR; CHANNEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; LABORATORY METHOD; MACROPHYTE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; SULFATE; VARIOGRAM; WATER QUALITY;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GLYCERIA FLUITANS; GLYCERIA MAXIMA; LEMNA TRISULCA; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; RICCIA FLUITANS; RICCIOCARPOS NATANS;

EID: 41049086334     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9276-x     Document Type: Article

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