Vertical dissolved inorganic nitrogen fluxes in Marsh and Mudflat areas of the Yangtze Estuary

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 745-752

  Deng, Huanguang ^a,b   Wang, Dongqi ^a   Chen, Zhenlou ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Xu, Shiyuan ^a   White, John R ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; LABORATORIES; NITROGEN; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS;

CHONGMING ISLANDS; COASTAL SYSTEMS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; INCUBATION STUDY; MEASURED PARAMETERS; RESEARCH GROUPS; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

WETLANDS;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; MARSH; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; WARMING; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84895878661     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.07.0300     Document Type: Article

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