Denitrification and soil characteristics of wetlands created on two mine soils in east Texas, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-67

  Johns, Daniel ^a   Williams, Hans ^a   Farrish, Kenneth ^a   Wagner, Stephen ^a  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Created wetland; Denitrification; Mine; MPN; Organic matter most probable number; Overburden; Reclamation

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; HABITAT CREATION; LAND RECLAMATION; MINE; SOIL PROPERTY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544377028     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2004)024[0057:DASCOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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