Denitrification and potential nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide production in brownfield wetland soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1507-1517

  Palta, Monica M ^a,b   Ehrenfeld, Joan G ^b   Groffman, Peter M ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; DENITRIFICATION CAPACITY; DENITRIFICATION RATE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MICROBIAL PROCESS; N MINERALIZATION; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WATER-BORNE CONTAMINANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPOSITION; GREENHOUSE GASES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOILS; WETLANDS;

DENITRIFICATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL MOISTURE; UNITED STATES; WETLAND; SOIL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84884955201     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0392     Document Type: Article

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