Nitrogen removal in valley bottom wetlands: Assessment in headwater catchments distributed throughout a large basin

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2113-2122

  Montreuil, Olivier ^a   Merot, Philippe ^a  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

CHEMICAL DILUTION; HEADWATER CATCHMENTS; NUTRIENT LOADING; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

NITRATE; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; NUTRIENT LOADING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALLEY BOTTOM WETLAND; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33845297628     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0091     Document Type: Article

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