Origin and dynamics of dissolved and particulate nutrients in a minimally disturbed Mediterranean river with intermittent flow

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 218-229

  Skoulikidis, Nikolaos ^a   Amaxidis, Yorgos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical process; Initial flush event; Nutrient; Pristine; Temporary river

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD PULSE; FLUSHING PROCESS; FOREST SOILS; INITIAL FLUSH EVENT; INTERMITTENT FLOWS; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; MINERALIZATION PROCESS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS RETENTION; PRISTINE; QUALITY STANDARD; RE-WETTING; RECEIVING WATERS; RIVER BED; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEMPORARY RIVER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMICS; EROSION; FIRE HAZARDS; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS;

NUTRIENTS;

DISSOLVED MATTER; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RIVER BED; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67149097937     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.04.032     Document Type: Article

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