Effect of unsteady flow on nitrate loss in an oligotrophic, glacial meltwater stream

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Koch, Joshua C ^a   McKnight, Diane M ^a   Baeseman, Jenny L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MELTWATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; TRACER; UNSTEADY FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77953459496     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001030     Document Type: Article

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