Nitrogen cycling in Piedmont vegetated filter zones: II. Subsurface nitrate removal

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 337-347

  Verchot, Louis V ^a   Franklin, E Carlyle ^b   Gilliam, J Wendell ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTED FILTER ZONES (FFZ); NITROGEN CYCLING; NON POINT SOURCE POLLUTION (NPSP); SUBSURFACE NITRATE ATTENUATION;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; FOREST; WATER CONTAMINATION;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0031104924     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600020003x     Document Type: Article

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