The importance of hyporheic zone processes on ecological functioning and solute transport of streams and rivers

Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 57-82

  Michael, Michael Rode ^a   Hartwig, Melanie ^a   Wagenschein, Dierk ^a   Kebede, Tesfay ^a   Borchardt, Dietrich ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advective exchange; Clogging; Network; Nitrogen removal; River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943172415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9846-4_4     Document Type: Chapter

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