Effects of sediment removal on nitrogen uptake by riparian plants in the higher floodplain of the Chikuma River, Japan

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-96

  Akamatsu, Fumikazu ^a,b,c   Shimano, Koji ^a   Denda, Masatoshi ^c   Ide, Koichi ^a   Ishihara, Masatsugu ^a   Toda, Hideshige ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Nitrogen dynamics; Nitrogen stable isotope ratio; Restoration; Topography

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249166983     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-008-0046-3     Document Type: Article

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