Influence of groundwater spring discharge on small-scale spatial variation of an alpine stream ecosystem

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 661-670

  Roy, James W ^a,b   Zaitlin, Beryl ^b   Hayashi, Masaki ^b   Watson, Sue B ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Groundwater surface water interaction; Periphyton; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER SPRINGS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; LAND-USE CHANGE; MACRO-ALGAE; MIXING AREA; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PERIPHYTONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL CHANGES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; STREAM WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; STREAM FLOW; TURBIDITY;

RIVERS;

ALGA; BIODIVERSITY; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; PERIPHYTON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING WATER; STREAM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; HYDRURUS;

EID: 80053053601     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.156     Document Type: Article

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