A screening of the capacity of Louisiana freshwater wetlands to process nitrate in diverted Mississippi River water

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-321

  DeLaune, R D ^a   Jugsujinda, A ^a   West, J L ^a   Johnson, C B ^a   Kongchum, M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Freshwater; Restoration; River diversion; Water quality; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; REMOVAL; RIVERS; SALINE WATER;

DISCHARGE RATE; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; RIVER WATERS; SALTWATER INTRUSION;

WETLANDS;

DENITRIFICATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; NITRATE; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644502869     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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