Denitrification potential of intermittently saturated floodplain soils from a subtropical perennial stream and an ephemeral tributary

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 324-332

  Fellows, Christine S ^a   Hunter, Heather M ^a,b   Eccleston, Claire E A ^a   De Hayr, Robert W ^b   Rassam, David W ^c   Beard, Nerida J ^a   Bloesch, Philip M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon quality; Denitrification potential; Intermittent saturation; Organic carbon; Riparian zone; Soil depth; Time lag; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION POTENTIAL; INTERMITTENT SATURATION; RIPARIAN ZONES; SOIL DEPTH; TIME LAG;

ACETYLENE; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CURING; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; SLURRIES; STREAM FLOW; SUBSTRATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SOILS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLOODED SOIL; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; NITRATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIPARIAN ZONE; SATURATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRIBUTARY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 78650680274     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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