The logistics and mechanics of conducting tracer injection experiments in urban streams

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-117

  Ryan, Robert J ^a   Larson, Philip C ^b   Welty, Claire ^b  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyporheic; Tracer method; Transient storage; Urban streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953822142     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-010-0144-5     Document Type: Article

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