Seeps regulate stream nitrate concentration in a forested appalachian catchment

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 420-431

  O'Driscoll, Michael A ^a   DeWalle, David R ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLOW PATH; N DEPOSITION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; ON-STREAM; PENNSYLVANIA; RIPARIAN ZONES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM CHANNELS; STREAM WATER; STREAMFLOW MEASUREMENTS; UPLAND SOIL; WET PERIOD;

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; REDUCTION; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; FOREST; GROWING SEASON; NITRATE UPTAKE; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER UPWELLING; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

APPALACHIAN REGION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NITRATES; RIVERS; TREES;

EID: 75149139809     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0083     Document Type: Article

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