Urban stream burial increases watershed-scale nitrate export

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Beaulieu, Jake J ^a   Golden, Heather E ^b   Knightes, Christopher D ^b   Mayer, Paul M ^b,f   Kaushal, Sujay S ^c   Pennino, Michael J ^c,g   Arango, Clay P ^d   Balz, David A ^e   Elonen, Colleen M ^b   Fritz, Ken M ^b   Hill, Brian H ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PEGASUS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN; WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MECHANISTIC MODEL; NITRATE UPTAKE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SIMULATION; STREAM (RIVER); STREAM BURIAL; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; NITROGEN; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84940863070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132256     Document Type: Article

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