Abstract
Nutrient cycling in streams involves some downstream transport before the cycle is completed. Thus, the path traveled by a nutrient atom in passing through the cycle can be visualized as a spiral. As an index of the spiralling process, we introduce spiralling length, defined as the average distance associated with one complete cycle of a nutrient atom. This index provides a measure of the utilization of nutrients relative to the available supply from upstream. Using /sup 32/p as a tracer, we estimated a spiralling length of 193 m for phosphorus in a small woodland stream.
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Newbold, J D, Elwood, J W, O'Neill, R V, and Van Winkle, W.
Measuring nutrient spiralling in streams.
Canada: N. p.,
1981.
Web.
doi:10.1139/f81-114.
Newbold, J D, Elwood, J W, O'Neill, R V, & Van Winkle, W.
Measuring nutrient spiralling in streams.
Canada.
https://doi.org/10.1139/f81-114
Newbold, J D, Elwood, J W, O'Neill, R V, and Van Winkle, W.
1981.
"Measuring nutrient spiralling in streams."
Canada.
https://doi.org/10.1139/f81-114.
@misc{etde_5212929,
title = {Measuring nutrient spiralling in streams}
author = {Newbold, J D, Elwood, J W, O'Neill, R V, and Van Winkle, W}
abstractNote = {Nutrient cycling in streams involves some downstream transport before the cycle is completed. Thus, the path traveled by a nutrient atom in passing through the cycle can be visualized as a spiral. As an index of the spiralling process, we introduce spiralling length, defined as the average distance associated with one complete cycle of a nutrient atom. This index provides a measure of the utilization of nutrients relative to the available supply from upstream. Using /sup 32/p as a tracer, we estimated a spiralling length of 193 m for phosphorus in a small woodland stream.}
doi = {10.1139/f81-114}
journal = []
volume = {38:7}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Canada}
year = {1981}
month = {Jan}
}
title = {Measuring nutrient spiralling in streams}
author = {Newbold, J D, Elwood, J W, O'Neill, R V, and Van Winkle, W}
abstractNote = {Nutrient cycling in streams involves some downstream transport before the cycle is completed. Thus, the path traveled by a nutrient atom in passing through the cycle can be visualized as a spiral. As an index of the spiralling process, we introduce spiralling length, defined as the average distance associated with one complete cycle of a nutrient atom. This index provides a measure of the utilization of nutrients relative to the available supply from upstream. Using /sup 32/p as a tracer, we estimated a spiralling length of 193 m for phosphorus in a small woodland stream.}
doi = {10.1139/f81-114}
journal = []
volume = {38:7}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Canada}
year = {1981}
month = {Jan}
}