Dynamics of Nutrient Contents (Phosphorus, Nitrogen) in Water, Sediment and Plants After Restoration of Connectivity in Side-Channels of the River Rhine

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 232-241

  Meyer, Albin ^a   Combroux, Isabelle ^a   Trémolières, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Macrophyte; Reconnection; River plant; Uptake; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; RECOLONIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER CHANNEL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

RHINE RIVER;

ELODEA; ELODEA NUTTALLII; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; POTAMOGETON PERFOLIATUS;

EID: 84874765189     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2012.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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