Denitrification in riparian buffer zones: The role of floodplain hydrology

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1451-1463

  Burt, T P ^a   Matchett, L S ^b   Goulding, K W T ^c   Webster, C P ^c   Haycock, N E ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d Quest Environmental   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buffer zone; Denitrification; Floodplain; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION;

BUFFER ZONE; DENITRIFICATION; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; RIPARIAN ZONE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0344604479     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199907)13:10<1451::AID-HYP822>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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