Denitrification rates and controlling factors in two agriculturally influenced temporary Mediterranean saline streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 700, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-185

  Arce, María Isabel ^a   Gómez, Rosa ^a   Suárez, María Luisa ^a   Vidal Abarca, María Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Denitrification; Drought; Nitrate; Saline streams; Temporary streams

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DENITRIFICATION; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INHIBITION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; REDOX POTENTIAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STREAM;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84870663590     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1228-4     Document Type: Article

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