Spatial variability of sediment denitrification across the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 949-955

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

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylene block technique; Background denitrification; Nutrient removal; Potential denitrification; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; DENITRIFICATION; FLOODPLAIN; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WETLAND;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960569473     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0091-1     Document Type: Article

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