Use of stable nitrogen isotope fractionation to estimate denitrification in small constructed wetlands treating agricultural runoff

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 392, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-165

  Søvik, Anne Kristine ^a   Mørkved, Pål Tore ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Constructed wetland; CW; Natural abundance; Nitrate; Nitrogen; NO3 ; Stable nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; DENITRIFICATION; FRACTIONATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; MICROBIAL ASSIMILATION; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

NITROGEN; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTIONATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LANDSCAPE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; WINTER;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; WETLANDS;

HORDEUM;

EID: 38549156101     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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