Fate of nitrate in vegetated brackish coastal marsh

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1919-1927

  VanZomeren, Christine M ^a   White, John R ^a   DeLaune, Ronald D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; COASTAL MARSH; ELEVATED LEVEL; HURRICANE KATRINA; ISOTOPIC LABELS; LOUISIANA; MACROPHYTES; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL UPTAKE; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; N REMOVAL; NITRATE LEVELS; POTASSIUM NITRATE; RIVER WATER;

BIOMASS; DEIONIZED WATER; DENITRIFICATION; LOADING; NITRATES; POTASSIUM; RIVER DIVERSION; RIVERS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALGA; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BRACKISH WATER; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; LEVEE; MACROPHYTE; MASS BALANCE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT CORE;

BRETON SOUND; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84866411753     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0385     Document Type: Article

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