Coupled cycles of dissolved oxygen and nitrous oxide in rivers along a trophic gradient in Southern Ontario, Canada

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 256-270

  Rosamond, Madeline S ^a   Thuss, Simon J ^a,b   Schiff, Sherry L ^a   Elgood, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL STREAMS; AQUATIC SYSTEM; CURVE SHAPE; DO CONCENTRATION; EMISSION ESTIMATION; GAS EXCHANGE; HYPOXIC CONDITION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL FOR CLIMATE CHANGES; MICROBIAL PROCESS; MIRROR IMAGES; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NITRITE REDUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROUS OXIDE; ONTARIO , CANADA; REDOX CONDITION; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; UNITED NATIONS; WATER COLUMNS;

ANESTHETICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES;

RIVERS;

NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; RIVER; TROPHIC CASCADE; WATER ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; NITRATES; NITROUS OXIDE; ONTARIO; OXYGEN; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78651405487     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0009     Document Type: Article

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