Microbial nitrate processing in shallow groundwater in a riparian forest

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1309-1316

  Groffman, Peter M ^a   Howard, Galen ^b   Gold, Arthur J ^b   Nelson, William M ^c  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Wehran EMCOM NE ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN;

BROMIDE TRACER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MINERALIZATION; RIPARIAN FOREST;

DENITRIFICATION;

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; WATER POLLUTION;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0030296798     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1996.00472425002500060020x     Document Type: Article

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