Correlations between in situ denitrification activity and nir-gene abundances in pristine and impacted prairie streams

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3225-3229

  Graham, David W ^a,b   Trippett, Clare ^b   Dodds, Walter K ^c   O'Brien, Jonathan M ^c   Banner, Eric B K ^c   Head, Ian M ^b   Smith, Marilyn S ^d   Yang, Richard K ^a,d   Knapp, Charles W ^a,b,e  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; nirK; nirS; Nitrogen removal; qPCR; Sediment; Water column

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IN-SITU; NIRK; NIRS; NITRATE LEVELS; NITRATE LOADS; NITROGEN LEVELS; PRAIRIE STREAMS; QPCR; REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS;

DEWATERING; GENES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DENITRIFICATION;

NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEADWATER; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; STREAMWATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NIRK GENE; NIRS GENE; PRAIRIE; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77958157017     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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