Limited capacity of river corridor wetlands to remove nitrate: A case study on the Atchafalaya River Basin during the 2011 Mississippi River Flooding

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 283-290

  BryantMason, April ^a   Xu, Y Jun ^a   Altabet, Mark A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME FLOOD EVENTS; FLOW-THROUGH SYSTEMS; LIMITED CAPACITY; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE ISOTOPES; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN REMOVAL RATES;

ISOTOPES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

FLOODS;

BACKWATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEACHING; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER BASIN; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876583350     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012185     Document Type: Article

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