Spatialization of denitrification by river corridors in regional-scale watersheds: Case study of the Seine river basin

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 530-538

  Curie, F ^a   Ducharne, A ^a   Bendjoudi, H ^a   Billen, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Nitrate budget; Nitrate retention; Retention rates; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; DATA SETS; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; INPUT PARAMETER; LAND COVER; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE FLUXES; NITRATE REMOVAL; PLANT UPTAKE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PRESENCE OF WATER; RETENTION RATE; RIPARIAN WETLAND; RIPARIAN ZONES; RIVER BASINS; RIVER CORRIDOR; SPATIALIZATION; SUBCATCHMENTS;

BUDGET CONTROL; DENITRIFICATION; ESTIMATION; NITRATES; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

CATCHMENTS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; NITRATE; PARAMETERIZATION; RETENTION; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER POLLUTION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

FRANCE; SEINE BASIN;

EID: 80052683457     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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