Effects of hydromorphology and riparian vegetation on the sediment quality of agricultural low-order streams: Consequences for stream restoration

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1781-1793

  Teufl, Bernadette ^a,b   Weigelhofer, Gabriele ^a,c   Fuchsberger, Jennifer ^a   Hein, Thomas ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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

Author keywords

Agricultural streams; Benthic microbial respiration; Hydromorphology; Sediment structure; Sedimentary nutrients; Stream restoration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMMONIUM; CATCHMENT; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; MORPHOLOGY; NITRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; STREAM;

EID: 84874331369     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1135-2     Document Type: Article

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