Stream Nitrogen Inputs Reflect Groundwater Across a Snowmelt-Dominated Montane to Urban Watershed

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1137-1146

  Hall, Steven J ^a,c   Weintraub, Samantha R ^a   Eiriksson, David ^a   Brooks, Paul D ^a   Baker, Michelle A ^b   Bowen, Gabriel J ^a   Bowling, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SEWERS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SURFACE WATERS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT LOADING; SEWER MAINTENANCE; STREAM DISCHARGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE WATER INPUTS; URBAN GROUNDWATER; URBAN WATERSHED;

URBAN GROWTH;

AMMONIA; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SNOW; SOIL WATER; STORM WATER; SURFACE WATER; DEUTERIUM; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DISCHARGE; FRESHWATER INPUT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGRAPH; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAND USE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SNOWMELT; STREAM; SUBSURFACE FLOW; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PRECIPITATION; SALT LAKE; SNOW COVER; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; RIVER; UTAH;

SALT LAKE CITY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CITIES; DENITRIFICATION; DEUTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SNOW; UTAH;

EID: 84957554410     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04805     Document Type: Article

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