Quantification of shallow groundwater nutrient dynamics in septic areas

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3181-3193

  Ouyang, Ying ^a   Zhang, Jia En ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nutrient; Septic tank; Shallow groundwater

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT WATERS; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ECOREGIONS; FLORIDA , USA; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT DISCHARGES; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS; REDOX POTENTIALS; RIVER BASINS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPTIC SYSTEM; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SITE VARIATION; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; URBAN AREAS; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POTASSIUM; REDOX REACTIONS; SEPTIC TANKS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER LEVELS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WELLS;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPTIC TANK; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SAINT JOHNS RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862797105     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1100-1     Document Type: Article

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