Water uptake and nutrient concentrations under a floodplain oak savanna during a non-flood period, lower Cedar River, Iowa

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3006-3016

  Schilling, Keith E ^a   Jacobson, Peter ^b  

^a Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

^b GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Floodplain; Nitrate nitrogen; Nutrients; Quercus; Savanna; Water table fluctuations

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; NITRATE-NITROGEN; QUERCUS; SAVANNA; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

NUTRIENTS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODPLAIN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SAVANNA; WATER TABLE; WATER UPTAKE;

CEDAR RIVER [IOWA-MINNESOTA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS;

EID: 70350128031     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7403     Document Type: Article

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