The effects of river floodwaters on floodplain wetland water quality and diatom assemblages

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 473-486

  Weilhoefer, Christine L ^a,b   Pan, Yangdong ^a   Eppard, Sara ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Floodplain; Floodpulse; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sediment trap

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DIATOM; FLOODPLAIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT TRAP; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 55949127151     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-114.1     Document Type: Article

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