Effects of stream restoration on denitrification in an urbanizing watershed

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 789-804

  Kaushal, Sumy S ^a,e   Groffman, Peter M ^b   Mayer, Paul M ^c   Striz, Elise ^c   Gold, Arthur J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay, USA; Eutrophication; Nitrogen; Stream restoration; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EUTROPHICATION; RESIDENCE TIME; STREAM; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

BALTIMORE; CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MARYLAND; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 49749127573     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1159.1     Document Type: Article

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