Denitrification distributions in four Valley and Ridge riparian ecosystems

Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 283-290

  Schnabel, Ronald R ^a   Shaffer, John A ^a   Stout, William L ^a   Cornish, Leonard F ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Riparian ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; MOISTURE; ROCK; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA;

RIPARIA;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MOISTURE; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE WATERS;

RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0030615684     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900027     Document Type: Article

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