Denitrification in the vadose zone and in surficial groundwater of a sandy entisol with citrus production

Plant and Soil

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-319

  Paramasivam, S ^a   Alva, A K ^a   Prakash, O ^a   Cui, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Denitrifier; Dissolved organic carbon; Groundwater; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; GROUND WATER; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; NITRATE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; RESIDUE; SOIL; SURFACE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032793058     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004519913339     Document Type: Article

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