Nitrogen mobility at the sediment-water interface of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 145, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 341-357

  Ledo De Medina, Hilda ^a   Marín, Julio César ^a   Gutiérrez, Elizabeth ^a   Morales, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Eutrophication; Lake Maracaibo; Nitrogen release rates; Water sediment interface

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; EUTROPHICATION; METABOLISM; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; DENITRIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRODUCTIVITY; VENEZUELA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0037799493     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023632702886     Document Type: Article

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