Nitrite and the two stages of nitrification in nitrogen polluted Onondaga Lake, New York

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1505-1517

  Gelda, Rakesh K ^a   Effler, Steven W ^a   Brooks, Carol M ^a  

^a UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIDES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; RIVERS; STANDARDS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DOMESTIC WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY; MECHANISTIC MASS BALANCE MODEL; NITRITE; TOXICITY STANDARDS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

NITRATE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; LAKE; NITRIFICATION; RIVER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0033198548     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800050016x     Document Type: Article

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