Performance evaluation of four field-scale agricultural drainage denitrification bioreactors in iowa

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2163-2174

  Christianson, L ^a,f   Bhandari, A ^b   Helmers, M ^a   Kult, K ^c   Sutphin, T ^d   Wolf, R ^e  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b Kansas State University   (United States)

^c Watershed Management ^*  (United States)

^d Environmental Programs and Services   (United States)

^e Iowa Soybean Association   (United States)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification bioreactor; Drainage; Nitrate; Water quality.

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE; BYPASS FLOW; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; DRAINAGE AREA; FIELD SCALE; LENGTH-TO-WIDTH RATIO; LOAD REDUCTION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LOADS; NITRATE NITROGEN; NITRATE REMOVAL; PERFORMANCE DATA; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE STUDY; REMOVAL RATE; RETENTION TIME; WATER QUALITY DATA;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCONVERSION; DENITRIFICATION; DRAINAGE; NITRATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DRAINAGE; INSTALLATION; NITRATE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER QUALITY;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872590631     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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