Suspended sediment, carbon and nitrogen transport in a regulated Pyrenean river

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 540, Issue , 2016, Pages 133-143

  López Tarazón, José A ^a,b,c   López, Pilar ^d   Lobera, Gemma ^c   Batalla, Ramon J ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barasona Reservoir; Carbon; Ebro basin; Nitrogen; River sera; Suspended sediment; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; EBRO BASIN; FLUVIAL TRANSPORT; GLOBAL CONTEXT; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CARBON; NITROGEN; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN CYCLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; WATER FLOW;

ARAGON; EBRO BASIN; HUESCA [ARAGON]; ISABENA RIVER; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 84945494215     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.132     Document Type: Article

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