Nitrogen dynamics in sediment during water level manipulation on the Upper Mississippi River

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 651-666

  Cavanaugh, Jennifer C ^a   Richardson, William B ^a   Strauss, Eric A ^b   Bartsch, Lynn A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Drawdown; Nitrification; Nitrogen cycling; Sediment nitrogen; Upper Mississippi River

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; DRAWDOWN; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746577864     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.926     Document Type: Article

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