Hydrologic Versus Biogeochemical Controls of Denitrification in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 519-532

  Ensign, Scott ^a   Siporin, Kaylyn ^a   Piehler, Mike ^a   Doyle, Martin ^b   Leonard, Lynn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; LIDAR; Nitrogen cycling; Tidal forested wetland; Tidal freshwater wetland; Tidal river

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; RIVER WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WETLAND;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876838791     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9491-1     Document Type: Article

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