Reach-scale isotope tracer experiment to quantify denitrification and related processes in a nitrate-rich stream, midcontinent United States

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 821-838

  Böhlke, John Karl ^a   Harvey, Judson W ^a   Voytek, Mary A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; STREAM; TRACER;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942527240     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.3.0821     Document Type: Article

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