A new approach to investigate the interactions between sediment transport and ecotoxicological processes during flood events

Environmental Sciences Europe

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Schüttrumpf, Holger ^a   Brinkmann, Markus ^a   Cofalla, Catrina ^a   Frings, Roy M ^a   Gerbersdorf, Sabine U ^b   Hecker, Markus ^c   Hudjetz, Sebastian ^a   Kammann, Ulrike ^d   Lennartz, Gottfried ^e   Roger, Sebastian ^a   Schäffer, Andreas ^a   Hollert, Henner ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^e Research Institute for Ecosystem Analysis and Assessment (Gaiac)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annular flume; Contamination; Ecotoxicology; Floods; Hydromechanics; Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856383771     PISSN: 21904707     EISSN: 21904715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2190-4715-23-39     Document Type: Review

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