Denitrification associated with plants and sediments in an agricultural stream

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 667-676

  Schaller, Jamie L ^a   Royer, Todd V ^a,c   David, Mark B ^a   Tank, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Ditch; Cladophora; Denitrification; Illinois; Nitrate; Sangamon River; Sediments

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; NITRATE; STREAM;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; SANGAMON RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; CLADOPHORA;

EID: 9644291355     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0667:DAWPAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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