Denitrification in fringing salt marshes of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 870-878

  Davis, Jenny L ^a,c   Nowicki, Barbara ^a   Wigand, Cathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal nitrogen loading; Denitrification; Narragansett Bay; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; SALTMARSH;

NARRAGANSETT BAY; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25144451281     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2004)024[0870:DIFSMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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