Deciphering and modeling the physicochemical drivers of denitrification rates in bioreactors

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 276-288

  Schmidt, Casey A ^a   Clark, Mark W ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Carbon quality; Denitrification rate; Denitrification wall; Groundwater; Multivariate analysis; Surface area; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON QUALITIES; DENITRIFICATION RATE; DENITRIFICATION WALLS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; SURFACE AREA;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; GROUNDWATER; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NITRATES; TEMPERATURE;

DENITRIFICATION;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LEACHING; MESOCOSM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SURFACE AREA; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84883016836     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.041     Document Type: Article

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