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Transport and retention of matter in riparian ecotones

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Nutrient Dynamics and Retention in Land/Water Ecotones of Lowland, Temperate Lakes and Rivers

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 82))

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The ‘stream’ ecosystem is described as a three-layered system, vertically as well as horizontally. The land/stream ecotone is defined as the area where lotic and edaphic characters overlap at the time of observation. The study site — ‘Oberer Seebach’, near the Biological Station Lunz — and the methods employed are described. Only a surprisingly small fraction (less than 10%) of total imports is transported across the surface ecotones. The driving variables determining bank runoff and aerial drift are described and discussed. The importance of channel areas which are periodically flooded is stressed.

Dedicated to Professor Agnes Ruttner-Kolisko on the occasion of her 80th birthday.

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  1. Biological Station Lunz, Institute of Limnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Seehof 4, A-3293, Lunz am See, Austria

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Bretschko, G., Moser, H. (1993). Transport and retention of matter in riparian ecotones. In: Hillbricht-Ilkowska, A., Pieczyńska, E. (eds) Nutrient Dynamics and Retention in Land/Water Ecotones of Lowland, Temperate Lakes and Rivers. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 82. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1602-2_12

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