Influence of the hydrologic regime on resource availability in a semi-arid stream-riparian corridor

Ecohydrology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-359

  Harms, Tamara K ^a   Grimm, Nancy B ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; And phosphorus (P); Dissolved organic carbon (C); Floodplain; Nitrogen (N); San Pedro River, AZ; Temporal variation; Variable source area

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AND PHOSPHORUS (P); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLOOD PLAINS; SAN PEDRO RIVER, AZ; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VARIABLE SOURCE AREAS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SOIL TESTING; STREAM FLOW; WATER;

RIVERS;

DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; DROUGHT; FLUSHING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL BIOTA; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW; TIMESCALE;

ARIZONA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149478997     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.119     Document Type: Article

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