Modelling sediment deposition and phosphorus retention in a river floodplain

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 384-394

  Gonzalez Sanchis M ^a   Murillo, J ^b   Cabezas, A ^c   Vermaat, J E ^d   Comin F A ^e   Garcia Navarro P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

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

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Model validation; Numerical modelling; Phosphorus retention; Sediment deposition

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER;

ECOLOGICAL CONSERVATION; FLOOD PLAINS; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; MODEL VALIDATION; NASH-SUTCLIFFE COEFFICIENT; PHOSPHORUS RETENTION; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS;

SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 84921068586     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10152     Document Type: Article

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