Denitrification in the shallow ground water of a tile-drained, agricultural watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-90

  Mehnert, Edward ^a   Hwang, Hue Hwa ^a   Johnson, Thomas M ^b   Sanford, Robert A ^b   Beaumont, Will C ^b   Holm, Thomas R ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; HYPOXIA;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LABORATORY; LAND DRAINAGE; MEASUREMENT; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIVER BASIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; NITROGEN; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; DENITRATION; GROUND WATER; NITRATES; SOIL;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846224333     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0096     Document Type: Article

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