Denitrification in Suburban Lawn Soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1932-1940

  Raciti, Steve M ^a,d   Burgin, Amy J ^b   Groffman, Peter M ^c   Lewis, David N ^c   Fahey, Timothy J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION RATE; FERTILIZED SOILS; GROWING SEASON; HIGH RATE; IN-SITU; LAG-TIME; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SOIL SATURATION; STUDY AREAS;

DENITRIFICATION; MOISTURE;

SOILS;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GAS TRANSPORT; PLANT GROWTH; PRECIPITATION; SOIL; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SUBURBAN AREA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POACEAE; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84055217856     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0107     Document Type: Article

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