Inter-annual, annual, and seasonal variation of P and N retention in a perennial and an intermittent stream

Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 670-687

  Von Schiller, Daniel ^a   Martí, Eugènia ^a   Riera, Joan Lluis ^b   Ribot, Miquel ^a   Argerich, Alba ^b   Fonollà, Paula ^a   Sabater, Francesc ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intermittent stream; Nitrogen; Nutrient retention; Nutrient spiralling; Phosphorus; Temporal variation; Uptake length

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUBILITY; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 51249122034     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9150-3     Document Type: Article

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