Nitrogen and phosphorus in the Upper Mississippi River: Transport, processing, and effects on the river ecosystem

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 640, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-88

  Houser, Jeffrey N ^a   Richardson, William B ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Nitrogen; Nutrient cycling; Phosphorus; Upper Mississippi River

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC VEGETATION; CHANNEL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; FLOOD PLAINS; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH RATE; HYDROLOGICAL MODIFICATIONS; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL PATTERN; UPPER MISSISSIPPI; WETLAND RESTORATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; WATER;

NUTRIENTS;

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 75849131150     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0067-4     Document Type: Article

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