Rapid removal of nitrate and sulfate in freshwater wetland sediments

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2062-2071

  Whitmire, Stefanie L ^a,b   Hamilton, Stephen K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SULFATE MINERALS; WETLANDS;

BIOGEOCHEMSITRY; FRESHWATER; GAS FLUXES; REMOVAL RATE;

SEDIMENTS;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DENITRIFICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

BROMIDES; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; MICHIGAN; NITRATES; SULFATES; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 28044473205     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0483     Document Type: Article

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