Assessment of the sources and transformations of nitrogen in a plain river network region using a stable isotope approach

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 198-206

  Ding, Jingtao ^a   Xi, Beidou ^b   Xu, Qigong ^b   Su, Jing ^b   Huo, Shouliang ^b   Liu, Hongliang ^b   Yu, Yijun ^c   Zhang, Yanbo ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c Changzhou Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Nitrate; Nitrification; Plain river network region; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FERTILIZERS; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; SEWAGE;

ASSIMILATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; HYDROLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PLAIN RIVER NETWORK REGIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; EFFLUENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHINA; TAIGE RIVER;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84926529416     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: 18787320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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