Comparison of denitrification characteristics among three habitat types of a large river floodplain: Atchafalaya river basin, Louisiana

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 658, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-25

  Scaroni, Amy E ^a   Nyman, John A ^a   Lindau, Charles W ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylene blockage technique; Eutrophication; Mississippi River; Nitrate removal; Succession; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENITRIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROCOSM; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SUCCESSION; SWAMP;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 79959778581     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0471-9     Document Type: Article

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