Salmon-derived nitrogen delivery and storage within a gravel bed: Sediment and water interactions

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1167-1173

  Rex, John F ^a   Petticrew, Ellen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flocculation; Gravel bed; Interstitial water; Marine derived nutrients; Nitrogen; Pacific salmon

Indexed keywords

DELIVERY MECHANISM; ECOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; FLOCCULATION PROCESS; GRAVEL BED; INORGANIC PARTICULATES; INORGANIC SEDIMENTS; INTERSTITIAL WATER; MARINE-DERIVED NUTRIENTS; NITROGEN STORAGES; NUTRIENT DELIVERY; ORGANIC MATTER; PACIFIC SALMON; RETENTION PROCESS; SPAWNING PERIOD; STREAMBEDS; WATER INTERACTIONS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLOCCULATION; GRAVEL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FLOCCULATION; GRAVEL BED STREAM; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POREWATER; SALMONID; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPAWNING; STREAM BED;

ONCORHYNCHUS;

EID: 77955089131     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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