Assimilatory uptake rather than nitrification and denitrification determines nitrogen removal patterns in streams of varying land use

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2558-2572

  Arango, C P ^a,c   Tank, J L ^a   Johnson, L T ^a   Hamilton, S K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AUTOTROPHY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DENITRIFICATION; LAND USE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STREAMWATER;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 55749106794     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.6.2558     Document Type: Article

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