Vertical hydrological exchange, and ecosystem properties and processes at two spatial scales along a floodplain river (Tagliamento, Italy)

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-25

  Doering, M ^a   Uehlinger, U ^a   Tockner, K ^a,b,c,d  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem hierarchy; Flood plain; Periphyton; Sediment respiration; Spatial scales; Vertical exchange

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FLOODPLAIN; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PERIPHYTON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESPIRATION; RIFFLE; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ITALY; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

EID: 84884410831     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-013.1     Document Type: Article

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