Diurnal fluctuations of electrical conductivity in a pre-alpine river: Effects of photosynthesis and groundwater exchange

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 450-451, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-104

  Hayashi, Masaki ^a,b   Vogt, Tobias ^b,c   Mächler, Lars ^b   Schirmer, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c NAGRA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Calcite; Carbonate; Diel oscillation; Periphyton; Specific conductance

Indexed keywords

ARCHIVED DATA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CLEAR SKY; DIEL OSCILLATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; DIURNAL FLUCTUATIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIRST-ORDER STREAMS; FOCUSED FIELDS; GROUNDWATER EXCHANGES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LARGE RIVERS; LOW FLOW; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PEAK DISCHARGE; PERIPHYTONS; RIVER WATER; RIVER-GROUNDWATER EXCHANGE; SATURATION INDEX; SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE; SWITZERLAND;

ALKALINITY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATES; CATCHMENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPRINGS (WATER);

RIVERS;

ALKALINITY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOFILM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CARBONATE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIEL VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DIURNAL VARIATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; KARST; LOW FLOW; MONITORING; PERIPHYTON; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SPRING WATER; STREAM;

ALSACE; FRANCE; HAUT RHIN; SWITZERLAND; THUR RIVER [HAUT RHIN];

EID: 84862664092     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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