The hydrochemical response of small and shallow floodplain water bodies to temporary surface water connections with the main river

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 781-793

  Weigelhofer, Gabriele ^a,b   Preiner, Stefan ^a   Funk, Andrea ^a   Bondar Kunze, Elisabeth ^a   Hein, Thomas ^a,b  

^a Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flood pulse; Floodplain; Hydrochemical heterogeneity; Hydrological connectivity; Internal eutrophication

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84924597465     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12532     Document Type: Article

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