Nitrogen sources and sinks in a wastewater impacted saline aquifer beneath the Florida Keys, USA

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 148-164

  Dillon, Kevin S ^a   Chanton, Jeffrey P ^a   Smith, Leslie K ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ammonium; anammox; denitrification; ground water; nitrate; stable isotopes; wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AQUIFER; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; PLUME; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STABLE ISOTOPE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247600530     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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