Fine-scale in situ measurement of riverbed nitrate production and consumption in an armored permeable riverbed

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4425-4434

  Lansdown, Katrina ^a,b   Heppell, Catherine M ^a   Dossena, Matteo ^b   Ullah, Sami ^c,d   Heathwaite, A Louise ^c   Binley, Andrew ^c   Zhang, Hao ^c   Trimmer, Mark ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITROGEN;

CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; HYDROLOGIC PATHWAYS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; NITRATE PRODUCTION; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN LOADING; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; SEDIMENT STRUCTURES;

NITRIFICATION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DATA SET; DENITRIFICATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PERMEABILITY; REDOX POTENTIAL; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBSTRATE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER CYCLE;

CHLORIDES; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER;

EID: 84898905098     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4056005     Document Type: Article

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