Denitrification potential of different land-use types in an agricultural watershed, lower Mississippi valley

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-140

  Ullah, Sami ^a   Faulkner, S P ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland hardwoods; Denitrification; Forested wetlands; NO3 pollution control; Wetlands restoration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DENITRIFICATION; LAND USE; WATERSHEDS;

BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS; FORESTED WETLANDS; WETLANDS RESTORATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; DENITRIFICATION; LAND USE; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CLAY SOIL; DENITRIFICATION; ELEVATION; LAND USE; NITRATE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SILTY LOAM; SOIL NITROGEN; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; LAND USE; WATER SHEDS; WATER TREATMENT;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LETTUCE MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 33750516514     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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