A review of the hyporheic zone, stream restoration, and means to enhance denitrification

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 2337-2379

  Merill, Leanne ^a   Tonjes, David J ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

denitrification; groundwater surface water interactions; hyporheic zone; stream restoration

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; NITROGEN;

CHEMICAL PROCESSING; ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGIES; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; STREAM RESTORATION; STREAMWATER CHEMISTRY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

STREAM FLOW;

GROUND WATER; NITROGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STREAM;

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; STREAM (RIVER); SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY;

EID: 84940347709     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2013.829769     Document Type: Review

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