Sediment size and nutrients regulate denitrification in a tropical stream

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 480-490

  Solomon, Christopher T ^a   Hotchkiss, Erin R ^b   Moslemi, Jennifer M ^c   Ulseth, Amber J ^b   Stanley, Emily H ^a   Hall Jr , Robert O ^b   Flecker, Alexander S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic sedimentation; Denitrification; Land use; Nitrogen cycle; Stream; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DENITRIFICATION; GRAIN SIZE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPSOIL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 67650888668     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-157.1     Document Type: Article

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