Net dissolved inorganic nitrogen production in hyporheic mesocosms with contrasting sediment size distributions

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 658, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 343-352

  Harvey, B N ^a   Johnson, M L ^a   Kiernan, J D ^a   Green, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyporheic exchange flow; Nitrate production; Respiration; Sediment size; Stream

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOW PATTERN; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PIPE; POREWATER; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STREAM BED; SURFACE WATER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRANSFORMATION; WATER FLOW;

EID: 79959785140     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0504-4     Document Type: Article

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