Upflow reactors for riparian zone denitrification

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 412-420

  Van Driel, Peter W ^a   Robertson, William D ^a   Merkley, L Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Upper Thames River Conservation Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WOOD;

COARSE WOOD PARTICLES; MEAN REACTION RATES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODEL; REACTOR; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER FLOW; WOOD;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; WOOD;

AGRICULTURE; WOOD;

EID: 33644919912     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0027     Document Type: Article

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