Quantifying nitrogen cycling beneath a meander of a low gradient, N-impacted, agricultural stream using tracers and numerical modelling

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1206-1215

  Van der Hoven, Stephen J ^a   Fromm, Nicholas J ^a   Peterson, Eric W ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater modelling; Hyporheic zone; Meanders; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES;

HYPORHEIC ZONE; NITROGEN CYCLING;

WATERSHEDS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; WATERSHEDS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MEANDER; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

EID: 42149083949     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6691     Document Type: Article

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