Implications of flow intermittency on sediment nitrogen availability and processing rates in a Mediterranean headwater stream

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-186

  Arce, María Isabel ^a,b   Sánchez Montoya, María del Mar ^a   Vidal Abarca, María Rosario ^a   Suárez, María Luisa ^a   Gómez, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Denitrification; Flow intermittency; Mediterranean streams; Nitrate pulse; Nitrification; Temporary streams

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUROPEAN UNION; FLOODING; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REWETTING; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84896388456     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-013-0327-2     Document Type: Article

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