Thermodynamic constraints on nitrogen transformations and other biogeochemical processes at soil-stream interfaces

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 684-703

  Hedin, Lars O ^a   Von Fischer, Joseph C ^a   Ostrom, Nathaniel E ^b   Kennedy, Brian P ^c   Brown, Michael G ^a   Philip Robertson, G ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Field experiment; Hydrologic flow paths; Microbial metabolism; Nitrogen; Nitrogen retention; Nitrogen transformations; Nitrous oxide; Riparian zone; Soil stream interface; Thermodynamic constraints on biogeochemical processes; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; HABITAT; MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PROPIONIC ACID; SOIL STREAM INTERFACE; SUCCINIC ACID; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSFORMATION; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

MICHIGAN; SMITH CREEK; UNITED STATES;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0031849326     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0684:TCONAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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