δ15N and δ18O Reveal the Sources of Nitrate-Nitrogen in Urban Residential Stormwater Runoff

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2881-2889

  Yang, Yun Ya ^a   Toor, Gurpal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HOUSING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MIXING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; WATER QUALITY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; COMPLEX URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION DATA; MULTIPLE SOURCE; NITRATE NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPES; STORM WATER RUNOFF; URBAN WATER SYSTEMS;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

HYDROGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; OXYGEN 18; STORM WATER; FERTILIZER; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; RUNOFF; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRIFICATION; PROCEDURES; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

BAYES THEOREM; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84961793675     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05353     Document Type: Article

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