Riparian biogeochemical hot moments induced by stream fluctuations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Gu, Chuanhui ^a   Anderson, William ^a   Maggi, Federico ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANK STORAGE; BIOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL SIGNATURES; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; ECOSYSTEM LEVELS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HOT SPOT; HYDROLOGICAL FACTORS; HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTI-SPECIES; NUTRIENT BUDGETS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; REMOVAL RATE; RIPARIAN ZONES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TRANSIENT STORAGE; VARIABLY SATURATED; WATER FLOWS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUTRIENTS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

RIVERS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MIXING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAMWATER; TRANSFORMATION; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84866978490     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011720     Document Type: Article

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