On the emergence of diel solute signals in flowing waters

Water Resources Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 759-772

  Hensley, Robert T ^a   Cohen, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

diel; metabolism; solute; stream

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIEL; HYDRAULIC CONTROL; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; RIVERS AND STREAMS; SIGNAL PROPAGATION; SOLUTE; STREAM; STREAM METABOLISM;

RIVERS;

DIEL VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METABOLISM; NITRATE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; RIVER FLOW; SENSOR; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOICHIOMETRY; STREAM;

EID: 84959199623     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017895     Document Type: Article

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