Assessment of the sources of nitrate in the Chaohu Lake, China, using a nitrogen and oxygen isotopic approach

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1647-1655

  Xi, Shanshan ^a,b   Liu, Guijian ^a,b   Zhou, Chuncai ^a,b   Wu, Lei ^a   Liu, Rongqiong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Chaohu Lake; Distribution; Dual isotopes; Eutrophication; Nitrate source

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE;

CHAOHU LAKES; DISTRIBUTION; NITRATE POLLUTION; NITRATE SOURCES; NITRIFICATION PROCESS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NITRATES;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; EUTROPHICATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAKE POLLUTION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; URBANIZATION; WET DEPOSITION;

ANHUI; CHAOHU LAKE; CHINA;

EID: 84932191942     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4170-8     Document Type: Article

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