Diel cycling and stable isotopes of dissolved oxygen, dissolved inorganic carbon, and nitrogenous species in a stream receiving treated municipal sewage

Chemical Geology

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 44-55

  Gammons, Christopher H ^a   Babcock, John N ^a   Parker, Stephen R ^a   Poulson, Simon R ^b  

^a MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Diel; Dissolved oxygen; Diurnal; Nitrate; Nitrification; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; DIEL; DIURNAL; RESPIRATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; HYDRAULICS; ISOTOPES; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AMMONIUM; BASEFLOW; DIEL VARIATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRIFICATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SEWAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM; WASTEWATER;

BUTTE; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 79952900773     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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