Estimation of nitrate removal by riparian wetlands and streams in agricultural catchments: Effect of discharge and stream order

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2305-2318

  Montreuil, Olivier ^a,b   Merot, Philippe ^a,b   Marmonier, Pierre ^c  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Buffer; Denitrification; Landscape structure; Scale dependence; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649490162     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02439.x     Document Type: Article

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