Nutrient retention function of a stream wetland complex-A high-frequency monitoring approach

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 612-622

  Rücker, Kirsten ^a   Schrautzer, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium; High frequency measurements; Nitrate; Nutrient export; Nutrient retention; Phosphorus; Stream wetland interactions

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT STATIONS; EXCHANGE PROCESS; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; GROWING SEASON; HIGH FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-FREQUENCY MONITORING; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; LOW FLOW; MASS BALANCE; NET EXPORTS; NUTRIENT EXPORT; NUTRIENT RETENTION; RE-WETTING; RESTORATION MEASURES; RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS; SUMMER FLOODS; TIME-SCALES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; WETLANDS;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIUM; BASEFLOW; FLOODING; MASS TRANSPORT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTATION; WATER EXCHANGE; WETLAND;

EID: 77950594096     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.035     Document Type: Article

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