Effects of long-term flooding on biogeochemistry and vegetation development in floodplains; A mesocosm experiment to study interacting effects of land use and water quality

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1325-1339

  Banach, A M ^a,b   Banach, K ^a,b   Peters, R C J H ^b   Jansen, R H M ^b   Visser, E J W ^b   Stepniewska Z ^a   Roelofs, J G M ^b   Lamers, L P M ^b  

^a JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILITY; FLOOD; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; LAND USE; LEVEE; LIGHT EFFECT; MESOCOSM; POREWATER; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL QUALITY; SULFATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CAREX;

EID: 69249088937     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-1325-2009     Document Type: Article

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