Influence of restoration age and riparian vegetation on reach-scale nutrient retention in restored urban streams

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 626-638

  McMillan, Sara K ^a   Tuttle, Alea K ^b   Jennings, Gregory D ^c,d   Gardner, Angela ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^b Ecological Services   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

^d STANTEC   (United States)

^e Wildlands Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Nutrient retention; Phosphorus; Riparian zones; Stream restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GRADING; GROUNDWATER; LINEAR REGRESSION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; VEGETATION;

MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION APPROACHES; NUTRIENT RETENTION; NUTRIENT TRANSFORMATIONS; ORGANIC MATTER SOURCE; RIPARIAN ZONES; STREAM RESTORATION; STREAMBANK STABILITIES; TEMPERATURE REGULATIONS;

RESTORATION;

ALGA; BIOFILM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAM CHANNEL; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED; WOODY DEBRIS;

CHARLOTTE; NORTH CAROLINA; RALEIGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901760341     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12205     Document Type: Article

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