Denitrification potential in stormwater control structures and natural riparian zones in an urban landscape

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 10909-10917

  Bettez, Neil D ^a   Groffman, Peter M ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALTIMORE; DENITRIFICATION ENZYME ACTIVITIES; DENITRIFICATION POTENTIAL; DETENTION POND; DRAINAGE PATTERNS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HOTSPOTS; HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS; IMPAIRED STREAMS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; INFILTRATION BASINS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; POTENTIAL DENITRIFICATION; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; RIPARIAN AREAS; RIPARIAN ZONES; SOIL RESPIRATION; STORMWATER CONTROL; URBAN LANDSCAPE;

LAKES; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; WETLANDS;

DENITRIFICATION;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; STORM WATER;

BIOMASS; CONTROL SYSTEM; DENITRIFICATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; INFILTRATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST; LANDSCAPE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; POND; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

CITIES; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FLOODS; NITROGEN; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870032420     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301409z     Document Type: Article

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