PPT Slide
well mixed
- chemically homogeneous
- except hyporheic environment
- thermal stratification rare (occasionally large pools)
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generally aerobic environment
- favors assimilation
- suppresses anaerobic processes but locally important (hyporheic, pools, banks, floodplains)
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implications for N and P forms?
General conditions affecting River Chemistry
River Ecosystems(3):river chemistry