Labile dissolved organic carbon supply limits hyporheic denitrification

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Zarnetske, Jay P ^a,b   Haggerty, Roy ^a   Wondzell, Steven M ^c   Baker, Michelle A ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BROMIDE; CHLORIDE; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYPORHEIC ZONE; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLUTE; STREAM; TRACER; WELL WATER;

EID: 84855426295     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001730     Document Type: Article

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