Model-based assessment of shading effect by riparian vegetation on river water quality

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-104

  Ghermandi, Andrea ^a,b   Vandenberghe, Veronique ^b   Benedetti, Lorenzo ^b   Bauwens, Willy ^c   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^b  

^a School for Advanced Studies in Venice (SSAV)   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dynamic modeling; Eutrophication; Riparian buffer zones; Riparian management; River water quality; River Water Quality Model No. 1; Shading

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; RIVERS; SUN; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DYNAMIC MODELING; RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONES; RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SHADING;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; BUFFER ZONE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER WATER; SHADING; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE;

EID: 57749169057     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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