The dark side of the hyporheic zone: Depth profiles of nitrogen and its processing in stream sediments

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2021-2033

  Stelzer, Robert S ^a   Bartsch, Lynn A ^b   Richardson, William B ^b   Strauss, Eric A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Denitrification; Ground water; Nitrate; Peepers

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052963914     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02632.x     Document Type: Article

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