Denitrification mitigates n flux through the stream-floodplain complex of a desert city

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2618-2636

  John Roach, W ^a   Grimm, Nancy B ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canal; CAP LTER; DEA (denitrification enzyme activity); Denitrification; Floodplain; Greenbelt; Hot spot; Irrigation; Lake; Retention; Stream; Urban

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; GREENBELT; IRRIGATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; STREAM; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RETENTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; DENITRIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ARIZONA; CITIES; DENITRIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ARIZONA; SCOTTSDALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053974181     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1613.1     Document Type: Article

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