Diel patterns in coastal-stream nitrate concentrations linked to evapotranspiration in the riparian zone of a low-relief, agricultural catchment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2150-2158

  Flewelling, Samuel A ^a   Hornberger, George M ^b   Herman, Janet S ^c   Mills, Aaron L ^c   Robertson, Wendy M ^d  

^a GRADIENT   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal stream; Denitrification; Evapotranspiration; Stream sediment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; COASTAL STREAMS; DISCHARGE PATTERNS; FIRST-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; STREAM SEDIMENTS; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS;

DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SEDIMENTS; TRAVEL TIME; WATER LEVELS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DIEL VARIATION; DRAWDOWN; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROGRAPH; NITRATE; RESIDENCE TIME; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAM BED; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84892440510     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9763     Document Type: Article

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