Assessment of temporal and spatial variation of nitrate removal in riparian zones

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 197-215

  Dhondt, Karel ^a   Boeckx, Pascal ^a   Verhoest, Niko E C ^a   Hofman, Georges ^a   van Cleemput, Oswald ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Efficiency; Groundwater; N immobilization; Nitrate; Removal; Riparian zone

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; NITRATE REMOVAL; RIPARIAN ZONES;

GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SOILS; VEGETATION;

DENITRIFICATION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; WELL WATER;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMMOBILIZATION; NITRATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIPARIAN ZONE; TRANSECT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SAMPLING; VEGETATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BELGIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHLORIDES; GEOGRAPHY; NITRATES; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 33745175582     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-7403-1     Document Type: Article

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