Using nitrogen isotopic approach to identify nitrate sources in waters of Tianjin, China

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 562-567

  Yue, Fujun ^a,b   Liu, Xiaolong ^a,c   Li, Jun ^c   Zhu, Zhaozhou ^c   Wang, Zhongliang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nitrogen isotope; Nitrogen pollution; Surface water; Tianjin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; DOMINANT SPECIES; NITRATE SOURCES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; NITROGEN POLLUTION; NITROGEN SOURCES; TIANJIN; TIANJIN , CHINA;

DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPES; POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATERS;

NITROGEN;

FRESH WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78651247071     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0156-0     Document Type: Article

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