Isotopic composition of nitrogenous compounds with emphasis on anthropogenic loading in river ecosystems

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-40

  Nishikawa, Junko ^a   Kohzu, Ayato ^a   Boontanon, Narin ^a   Iwata, Tomoya ^b   Tanaka, Takuya ^a   Ogawa, Nanako O ^c   Ishii, Reiichiro ^c   Wada, Eitaro ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environment; Human population; Nitrogen 15; River ecosystem; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; NITROGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DENITRIFICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; JAPAN; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHLORIDES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; JAPAN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BIWA LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBISUNA RIVER; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA;

EID: 59749102386     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010802522127     Document Type: Article

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