Dissolved gas analysis for assessing the fate of nitrate in wetlands

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 381-387

  Mookherji, Swati ^a   McCarty, Gregory W ^a   Angier, Jonathan T ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon (Ar); Degassing; Denitrification; Dinitrogen (N2); Dissolved gases; Methane (CH4); Riparian wetland

Indexed keywords

GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES;

PIEZOMETERS;

WETLANDS;

DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED GAS; GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0038713244     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2003.tb04392.x     Document Type: Article

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