Effects of spatial scale on assessment of dissolved oxygen dynamics in the Atchafalaya river basin, Louisiana

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 658, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-15

  Kaller, M D ^a   Kelso, W E ^a   Halloran, B T ^a   Rutherford, D A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atchafalaya River; Bottomland hardwood forest; Dissolved oxygen; Water management

Indexed keywords

BACKWATER; CURRENT VELOCITY; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECISION MAKING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; FLOOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; WATER DEPTH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 79959808004     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0470-x     Document Type: Article

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