Contribution of sediment fluxes and transformations to the summer nitrogen budget of an Upper Mississippi River backwater system

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 598, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-107

  James, William F ^a   Richardson, William B ^b   Soballe, David M ^a  

^a Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Backwaters; Denitrification; Diffusion; Floodplain rivers; Nitrate; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTS;

AMMONIUM; FLOODPLAIN RIVERS; UPTAKE EFFICIENCY;

RIVERS;

AMMONIUM; BACKWATER; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSION; FLOODPLAIN; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT CORE; TRANSFORMATION;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37549033440     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9142-x     Document Type: Article

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