Published March 1988
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Journal article
Fate of added nitrate and ammonium-nitrogen entering a Louisiana gulf coast swamp forest
Description
Added 15N labeled inorganic nitrogen was used to determine the significance of nitrification-denitrification in flooded swamp soil in removing nitrogen. Nitrogen-15 labeled (NH2)2SO4 and KNO3 were added to replicated plots in a swamp forest receiving agricultural runoff. Nitrous oxide and N2 fluxes were measured and maximum fluxes were estimated at 24g N/m2 x yr and 110 g N/m2 x yr, respectively. The capacity of the swamp forest to remove large quantities of nitrogen via nitrification-denitrification processes was demonstrated
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation
- Journal Volume
- 60
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- J. Water Pollut. Control Fed.
- Journal Page Range
- 386-389
- ISSN
- 0043-1303
- CODEN
- JWPFA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20015315
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES; S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- AMMONIUM SULFATES; FORESTS; LOUISIANA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENTS; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; SWAMPS; TRACER TECHNIQUES; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION
- Descriptors DEC
- AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; LIQUID WASTES; MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN OXIDES; NONMETALS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLAR SOLVENTS; POLLUTION; SOLVENTS; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULFATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; USA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; WATER