Nitrate removal in a restored riparian groundwater system: Functioning and importance of individual riparian zones

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4295-4307

  Peter, S ^a,b   Rechsteiner, R ^a,b   Lehmann, M F ^c   Brankatschk, R ^a   Vogt, T ^a,b   Diem, S ^b   Wehrli, B ^a,b   Tockner, K ^d   Durisch Kaiser, E ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; GENE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOT SPOT; NITRATE; PLANT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

SWITZERLAND; THUR RIVER [SWITZERLAND];

SALIX;

EID: 84868649493     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4295-2012     Document Type: Article

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