The Role of Denitrification in Stormwater Detention Basin Treatment of Nitrogen

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 7928-7935

  Morse, Natalie R ^a   McPhillips, Lauren E ^b   Shapleigh, James P ^c   Walter, M Todd ^a  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

INORGANIC N; MASS REDUCTION; MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL DENITRIFICATION; STORMWATER DETENTION BASINS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; WATERBODIES; WATERSHED SCALE;

DENITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; STORM WATER; RAIN;

DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GREENHOUSE GAS; INFLOW; NITROGEN CYCLE; OUTFLOW; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOIL; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED; WATER SUPPLY;

DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; RAIN; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85026259668     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b01813     Document Type: Article

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