Nitrate dynamics within the Pajaro River, a nutrient-rich, losing stream

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-206

  Ruehl, Christopher R ^a   Fisher, Andrew T ^b   Los Huertos, Marc ^a   Wankel, Scott D ^c   Wheat, C Geoff ^d   Kendall, Carol ^c   Hatch, Christine E ^a   Shennan, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

15N 14N; 18O 16O; Denitrification; Rivers; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CHANNEL FLOW; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PAJARO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249791484     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[191:NDWTPR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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