Effect of storm events on riverine nitrogen dynamics in a subtropical watershed, southeastern China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 431, Issue , 2012, Pages 357-365

  Chen, Nengwang ^a   Wu, Jiezhong ^a   Hong, Huasheng ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Eutrophication; Jiulong River; Nitrate; Nutrient dynamics; Storm runoff

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; AMMONIUM; ANTECEDENT SOIL MOISTURE; BACKGROUND FLOW; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CONTINUOUS SAMPLING; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL CONTROLS; HYSTERESIS EFFECT; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; JIULONG RIVER; LOAD INFORMATION; N DYNAMICS; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POLLUTION MITIGATION; RAIN STORMS; SHARP INCREASE; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STORM EVENTS; STORM RUNOFF; SUBSURFACE RUN-OFF; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; SUPPLY SOURCES; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; EUTROPHICATION; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPICS; WATER QUALITY;

STORMS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

AMMONIUM; EUTROPHICATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RAINSTORM; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGY; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MOISTURE; STORM; STREAM (RIVER); WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WEATHER;

CHINA; FUJIAN; JIULONG RIVER; XIAMEN BAY;

ALGAE;

EID: 84862178492     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.072     Document Type: Article

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