Comparing carbon substrates for denitrification of subsurface drainage water

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 824-829

  Greenan, Colin M ^a   Moorman, Thomas B ^b   Kaspar, Thomas C ^b   Parkin, Timothy B ^b   Jaynes, Dan B ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILTERS; CARBON; CONTAMINATION; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE WATERS; WOOD;

AMMONIUM; CARBON SUBSTRATES; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

DRAINAGE;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOYBEAN OIL; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; DENITRIFICATION; MAIZE; REDUCTION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WOOD CHIP;

CARBON; NITRITES; WATER;

CARBON; DRAINAGE; SUBSTRATES; WOOD;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33646558012     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0247     Document Type: Article

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