Nitrification and denitrification in a midwestern stream containing high nitrate: In situ assessment using tracers in dome-shaped incubation chambers

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-208

  Smith, Richard L ^a   Böhlke, John Karl ^a   Repert, Deborah A ^a   Hart, Charles P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic chamber; Denitrification; Isotope tracer; Nitrification; Stream bed

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AMMONIUM; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DOME; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POREWATER; REACTION RATE; STREAM; TRACER; WATERSHED;

EID: 70350128512     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9358-0     Document Type: Article

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