Controls on nitrous oxide production and consumption in reservoirs of the Ohio River Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1995-2010

  Beaulieu, Jake J ^a   Nietch, Christopher T ^a   Young, Jade L ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

denitrification; mixing; nitrification; nitrous oxide; stratification; turnover

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DENITRIFICATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; EPILIMNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYPOLIMNION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIXING RATIO; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; RESERVOIR; RESIDENCE TIME; SATURATION; STRATIFICATION; TURNOVER;

OHIO BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955179551     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JG002941     Document Type: Article

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