Channel complexity and nitrate concentrations drive denitrification rates in urban restored and unrestored streams

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 770-777

  Tuttle, Alea K ^a   McMillan, Sara K ^b   Gardner, Angela ^c   Jennings, Gregory D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Nitrogen; Restoration; Urban

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NITROGEN;

DENITRIFICATION RATE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; URBAN;

DENITRIFICATION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NITRATE; STREAM CHANNEL; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908621203     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.066     Document Type: Article

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