Nitrogen retention in the hyporheic zone of a glacial river in interior Alaska

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-46

  Clilverd, Hannah M ^a   Jones Jr , Jeremy B ^a   Kielland, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Hyporheic; Methane; Nitrogen; River; Taiga

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOREAL FOREST; DENITRIFICATION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOREST SOIL; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDROGRAPH; HYPORHEIC ZONE; METABOLISM; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; WATER LEVEL;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; TANANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449163308     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-008-9192-9     Document Type: Article

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