Formulation and testing of a novel river nitrification model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 857-866

  Pauer, James J ^a   Auer, Martin T ^b  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Mathematical modeling; Nitrification; River; Water column

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AMMONIA; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH KINETICS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AVERAGE VELOCITIES; BACTERIAL GROWTHS; BENTHIC; BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; FIRST-ORDER DEPENDENCIES; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MODEL RESULTS; NITRIFICATION PROCESS; NITRIFICATION RATES; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVER WATER QUALITIES; VELOCITY RANGES; WATER COLUMN;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

AMMONIA; BIOFILM; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITRIFICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60649099150     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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