Floodplain biogeochemical processing of floodwaters in the Atchafalaya River Basin during the Mississippi River flood of 2011

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 537-546

  Scott, Durelle T ^a   Keim, Richard F ^b   Edwards, Brandon L ^b   Jones, C Nathan ^a   Kroes, Daniel E ^c  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

diversions; flood

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; FLOOD WAVE; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW MODELING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900548873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002477     Document Type: Article

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