Dissolved organic nitrogen transformation in river water: Effects of suspended sediment and organic nitrogen concentration

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 484, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-104

  Xia, Xinghui ^a   Liu, Ting ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Zhang, Xueqing ^a   Yu, Zhongbo ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonification; Climate change; Nitrification; Organic nitrogen; Suspended sediment; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

AMMONIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; YELLOW RIVER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RATE CONSTANTS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AMMONIA; AMMONIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; REACTION KINETICS; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SEASONALITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRANSFORMATION;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84875406117     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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