A round-trip ticket: The importance of release processes for in-stream nutrient spiraling

Freshwater Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-30

  Schiller, Daniel Von ^a   Bernal, Susana ^b   Sabater, Francesc ^c   Martí, Eugènia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Nutrient spiraling; Phosphorus; Release; Streams; Uptake

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESORPTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84983271819     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679015     Document Type: Article

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