Development of a methodology for the application of synthetic DNA in stream tracer injection experiments

Stream tracer injection experiments are useful for characterizing hydrological and biogeochemical processes in streams. We used nonconservative synthetic DNA and conservative NaCl in six instantaneous tracer injection experiments in streams in the Benelux. The main aim was to compare the performance of injected synthetic DNA tracer “T23” with...

Quantifying hyporheic exchange at high spatial resolution using natural temperature variations along a first?order stream

Hyporheic exchange is an important process that underpins stream ecosystem function, and there have been numerous ways to characterize and quantify exchange flow rates and hyporheic zone size. The most common approach, using conservative stream tracer experiments and 1?D solute transport modeling, results in oversimplified representations of the...