Direct measurement of denitrification activity in a Gulf coast freshwater marsh receiving diverted Mississippi River water

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2449-2455

  Yu, Kewei ^a   DeLaune, Ronald D ^a   Boeckx, Pascal ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coastal restoration; Denitrification; Freshwater marsh; Labeled 15N nitrate; Mississippi River; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

COASTAL RESTORATION; FRESHWATER MARSH; LABELED 15N-NITRATE; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; STABLE ISOTOPES;

COASTAL ZONES;

FRESH WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; RIVER WATER;

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

COASTAL PROTECTION; DENITRIFICATION; FRESHWATER; MARSH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARSH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 33750993202     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.04.046     Document Type: Article

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