Ecotonal and other properties of the Hyporheic Zone

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 349-364

  Williams, D Dudley ^a   Febria, Catherine M ^a   Wong, Jessica C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Global warming; Historical data; Industrial pollution; Interstitial water; Invertebrates; Microorganisms; Physicochemical conditions; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOTONE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYPORHEIC ZONE; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; MICROORGANISM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER BANK; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; URBANIZATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; PROTISTA;

EID: 77957817696     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2010/0176-0349     Document Type: Article

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