Linkages between denitrification and dissolved organic matter quality, Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Barnes, Rebecca T ^a,b,c   Smith, Richard L ^a   Aiken, George R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIC ACID; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; PROTEIN; RESPIRATION; WATERSHED;

BOULDER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84863158918     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001749     Document Type: Article

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