Nitrate removal in the hyporheic zone of a salmon river in Alaska

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-375

  Pinay, Gilles ^a   O'Keefe, Thomas C ^b   Edwards, Richard T ^c   Naiman, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan salmon streams; Denitrification; Hyporheic zone; Marine derived nitrogen; Nitrate removal; Plant uptake; Riparian forest

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIPARIAN FOREST; SALMONID;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 67650335768     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1164     Document Type: Article

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