Effects of stormwater management and stream restoration on watershed nitrogen retention

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-106

  Newcomer Johnson, Tamara A ^a,c   Kaushal, Sujay S ^a   Mayer, Paul M ^b   Grese, Melissa M ^a,d  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AKRF   (United States)

Author keywords

Urban watershed continuum approach; Denitrification; Floodplains; Hydrologic connectivity; Stormwater management; Stream restoration

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; NITROGEN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; STORMWATER; STREAMWATER; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BALTIMORE; GWYNNS FALLS; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907670681     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-9999-5     Document Type: Article

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