Nitrate source apportionment in a subtropical watershed using Bayesian model

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 340-347

  Yang, Liping ^a   Han, Jiangpei ^a   Xue, Jianlong ^a   Zeng, Lingzao ^a   Shi, Jiachun ^a   Wu, Laosheng ^a   Jiang, Yonghai ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Nitrogen isotope; Oxygen isotope; Source apportionment; Stable isotope analysis in R (SIAR); Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ISOTOPES;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRINKING WATER; ISOTOPE; MANGANESE; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

CHANGXING; CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84880014750     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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