Large-scale controls on potential respiration and denitrification in riverine floodplains

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-84

  Welti, Nina ^a,b   Bondar Kunze, Elisabeth ^a,b   Singer, Gabriel ^b,c   Tritthart, Michael ^a   Zechmeister Boltenstern, Sophie ^a   Hein, Thomas ^a,b   Pinay, Gilles ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes   (France)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Danube River; Denitrification enzyme activity; Floodplain restoration; Path analysis; Substrate induced respiration

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DANUBE RIVERS; DENITRIFICATION ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION; PATH ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE INDUCED RESPIRATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBSTRATES;

RIVERS;

CONNECTIVITY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; PATH ANALYSIS; REACTION RATE; RESPIRATION; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBSTRATE;

DANUBE RIVER;

EID: 84857659771     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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