Ammonification and denitrification rates in coastal Louisiana bayou sediment and marsh soil: Implications for Mississippi river diversion management

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-81

  VanZomeren, C M ^a   White, J R ^a   DeLaune, R D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Diversion; Louisiana; Mississippi River; Nitrate; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; COASTAL LOUISIANA; COASTAL MARSH; COASTAL OCEAN; DENITRIFICATION RATE; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; FLOOD WATERS; HIGH FLOW; HIGH POTENTIAL; LOUISIANA; LOW FLOW CONDITION; MARSH SOILS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NITRATE LOSS; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITRATE REMOVAL; NITROGEN LEVELS; NUTRIENT LOADING; WATER COLUMNS;

CANALS; DENITRIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; NITRATES; RIVER DIVERSION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

WETLANDS;

ALGAL BLOOM; AMMONIFICATION; AMMONIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODING; MARSH; NITRATE; RIVER WATER; SUBSTRATE;

BRETON SOUND; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874426054     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.01.029     Document Type: Article

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