Oxidation of ammonium to nitrite under iron-reducing conditions in wetland soils: Laboratory, field demonstrations, and push-pull rate determination

Soil Science

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 156-164

  Shrestha, Junu ^a   Rich, Jeremy J ^b   Ehrenfeld, Joan G ^c   Jaffe, Peter R ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium oxidation; Iron reduction; Nitrite; Soils; Wetland push pull

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; NITRITE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; RIPARIAN ZONE; WETLAND;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650495566     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3181988fbf     Document Type: Article

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