Small-scale and extensive hydrogeomorphic modification and water redistribution in a desert city and implications for regional nitrogen removal

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-85

  Larson, Elisabeth K ^a   Grimm, Nancy B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial lakes; Drywells; Nitrogen; Phoenix, AZ; Stormwater retention basins; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857652156     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0208-1     Document Type: Article

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