Inferring nitrogen removal in large rivers from high-resolution longitudinal profiling

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1152-1170

  Hensley, Robert T ^a   Cohen, Matthew J ^a   Korhnak, Larry V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOMETRY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESOLUTION; VELOCITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902654429     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.4.1152     Document Type: Article

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