Perirheic mixing and biogeochemical processing in flow-through and backwater floodplain wetlands

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 7394-7405

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

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And accumulation were dominant processes observed in flood; Flushing, advection; Residence time and perirheic mixing influence biogeochemistry in the floodplain; Temporal and spatial variation in biogeochemical gradients observed in floodplain

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; MIXING; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS; CARBON; HYDROLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; WATER;

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS; DOMINANT PROCESS; FLOOD PLAINS; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS;

FLOODS;

ADVECTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLOODPLAIN; GEOACCUMULATION; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; HYDROGRAPH; MIXING; PHOSPHORUS; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER FLOW;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84915822552     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015647     Document Type: Article

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