In situ measurements of denitrification in constructed wetlands

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 263-269

  Xue, Yuan ^a,c   Kovacic, David A ^a   David, Mark B ^a   Gentry, Lowell E ^a   Mulvaney, Richard L ^a   Lindau, Charles W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; DRAINAGE; NITRATES; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ACETYLENE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; NITROUS OXIDE;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0032963960     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800010032x     Document Type: Article

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