The effects of drying on sediment nitrogen content in a Mediterranean intermittent stream: A microcosms study

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 679, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-59

  Gómez, Rosa ^a   Arce, Isabel M ^a   Sánchez, J Javier ^a   del Mar Sanchez Montoya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Extractable nitrogen; Intermittent stream; Mediterranean stream; Net nitrification; Sediment drying; Stream drought

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; DROUGHT; FLOOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INHIBITION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; REWETTING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STREAMWATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 82255174988     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0854-6     Document Type: Article

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