Fate of wastewater-borne nutrients under low discharge conditions in the subsurface of the Florida Keys, USA

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 99-115

  Corbett, D Reide ^a   Kump, Lee ^b   Dillon, Kevin ^a   Burnett, William ^a   Chanton, Jeffrey ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Denitrification; Florida Bay; Groundwater; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DENITRIFICATION; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SORPTION; TRACER; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

COASTAL ZONE; GROUNDWATER; NUTRIENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034106524     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(99)00099-7     Document Type: Article

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