Acute physicochemical effects in a large river-floodplain system associated with the passage of hurricane gustav

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 979-987

  Bonvillain, Christopher P ^a   Halloran, B Thorpe ^a   Boswell, Kevin M ^b   Kelso, William E ^a   Harlan, A Raynie ^a   Rutherford, D Allen ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atchafalaya River Basin; Dissolved oxygen; Hypoxia; Louisiana; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOODPLAIN; HURRICANE GUSTAV 2008; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER SYSTEM; SAMPLING; STORM SURGE; WATER QUALITY; WIND STRESS;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863726596     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0213-4     Document Type: Article

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