Long-term nitrate removal in a denitrification wall

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 514-520

  Long, Lauren M ^a   Schipper, Louis A ^a   Bruesewitz, Denise A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Available C; Bioreactor; DEA; Groundwater; Long term study

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; LONGEVITY; MAINTENANCE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NITRATE; SHALLOW WATER;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79952363147     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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