High frequency measurement of nitrate concentration in the Lower Mississippi River, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 376-386

  Duan, Shuiwang ^a   Powell, Rodney T ^b,d   Bianchi, Thomas S ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Central Carolina Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

High frequency measurement; Mississippi River; Nitrate; Seasonal pattern

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; NUTRIENTS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

HIGH FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-FREQUENCY SAMPLING; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

NITRATES;

NITRATE; NUTRIENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRIBUTARY; WATERSHED;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; OHIO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905393974     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.07.030     Document Type: Article

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