Hydrological extremes modulate nutrient dynamics in mediterranean climate streams across different spatial scales

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 719, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-42

  Bernal, Susana ^a   von Schiller, Daniel ^b   Sabater, Francesc ^c   Martí, Eugènia ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Droughts; Floods; Hydrological connectivity; Mediterranean streams; Nitrogen; Nutrient cycling; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84885022316     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1246-2     Document Type: Review

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