Beaver dams along an agricultural stream in southern Ontario, Canada: Their impact on riparian zone hydrology and nitrogen chemistry

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1324-1336

  Hill, Alan R ^a   Duval, Tim P ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beaver dams; Groundwater; Nitrogen cycling; Riparian zone; Stream bank seepage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AGRICULTURAL STREAMS; BEAVER DAMS; BEFORE AND AFTER; DAM CONSTRUCTIONS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; NITRATE FLUXES; NITROGEN CHEMISTRIES; NITROGEN CYCLING; ONTARIO , CANADA; RIPARIAN AREAS; RIPARIAN GROUNDWATERS; RIPARIAN SOILS; RIPARIAN WATERS; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAM BANK SEEPAGE; SUB-SURFACE HYDROLOGIES; SUBSURFACE WATERS; TRANSPORT AND TRANSFORMATIONS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EARTH SCIENCES; EMBANKMENT DAMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SEEPAGE; WATER;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AUTUMN; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDES; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEEPAGE; STREAMWATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUMMER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 65449147409     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7249     Document Type: Article

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