Change in groundwater nitrate concentration in a large river floodplain: Denitrification, uptake, or mixing?

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-189

  Pinay, G ^a,b   Ruffinoni, C ^a,c   Wondzell, S ^a,d   Gazelle, F ^a  

^a Ctr d'Ecologie Syst Aquatiques C   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c Inst du Devmt Forestier   (France)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse pollution control; Hyporheic zone; Nitrogen fluxes; River floodplain

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BUFFER; CHLORIDE; DENITRIFICATION; FLOODPLAIN; GROUND WATER; IMMOBILIZATION; MIXING; NITRATE; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

BUFFERING; GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

FRANCE; GARONNE RIVER;

POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0031819599     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467961     Document Type: Article

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