Modeling nitrogen cycling in a coastal fresh water sediment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 584, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-36

  Canavan, Richard W ^a   Laverman, Anniet M ^a,b   Slomp, Caroline P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium adsorption; Denitrification; Diagenetic model; Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA); Salinity; Sediment water exchange

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; POTABLE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS;

AMMONIUM ADSORPTION; DIAGENETIC MODEL; DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION TO AMMONIUM (DNRA); SEDIMENT-WATER EXCHANGE;

WATER RESOURCES;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM; DENITRIFICATION; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; MODELING; NITROGEN CYCLE; POREWATER; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SALINITY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

EID: 34249041657     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0583-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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