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dc.contributor.authorBoar, Rosalind R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDeLaune, R. D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLindau, C. W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPatrick, W. H. (William H.), 1925-en_US
dc.creatorLouisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Wetland Biogeochemistry Instituteen_US
dc.creatorWetlands Research Program (U.S.)en_US
dc.creatorEnvironmental Laboratory (U.S.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-23T20:10:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-03-23T20:10:00Zen_US
dc.date.issued1993-09en_US
dc.identifieren_USen_US
dc.identifier.govdocTechnical Report WRP-CP-1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11681/6468en_US
dc.descriptionTechnical Reporten_US
dc.description.abstractTo give initial nitrate-N concentrations of about 9 mg L⁻¹, ¹⁵N labeled nitrate was added to sediment-water columns containing wetland sediment and river water. Over 40 days, nitrate-N in floodwater decreased by between 82 and 59 percent, which gave estimates of N export from the water column of 11.5 mg N m⁻² day⁻¹ and 7.5 mg N m⁻² day⁻¹. These values are low compared with wetland systems elsewhere and correlated directly with the organic content of surface sediment, which included the forest litter. Added glucose at least doubled rates of nitrate loss, which were then presumed to have been carbon limited. Nitrification was estimated using changes in atom percent ¹⁵N₃ alone and not changes in atom percent NH₄, which is a more usual method. Contributions of NO₃ to water from nitrification were small related to initial organic contents and were estimated at between 5 and 12 percent of the amounts by which nitrate reduced. Rates of nitrogen transformation in these forested swamps are likely to be set by rate of supply of soluble carbon from tree litter and perhaps canopy leachate, rather than by nitrate concentration in inflowing floodwater.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipPrepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC 20314-1000en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii 1-lntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2-Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Addition of Nitrate to Sediment-Water Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Addition of Glucose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Analytical Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Dissolved Oxygen in the Sediment-Water Columns and Organic Content of Sediments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Changes in Nitrate Concentration in Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Changes in Ammonium Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Production of Nitrous Oxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Nitrification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Nitrate Reduction in the Floodwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Carbon Limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Contribution of Nitrate from Nitrification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Direct Measurement of Denitrification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Tables 1-4 SF298en_US
dc.format.extent36 pagesen_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.publisherU.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Stationen_US
dc.relationhttp://acwc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/1040822en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTechnical Report (Wetlands Research Program (U.S.)) ; no. Technical Report WRP-CP-1en_US
dc.rightsApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.en_US
dc.sourceThe ERDC Library created this digital resource using one or more of the following: Zeta TS-0995, Zeutcehl OS 12000, HP HD Pro 42-in. map scanner, Epson flatbeden_US
dc.subjectBottomland hardwooden_US
dc.subjectNitrificationen_US
dc.subjectDenitrificationen_US
dc.subjectNitrogen cyclingen_US
dc.subjectWater qualityen_US
dc.subjectWetlandsen_US
dc.subjectCache River (Ark.)en_US
dc.subjectFloodplain forestsen_US
dc.subjectWetland ecologyen_US
dc.titleDenitrification in bottomland hardwood soils of the Cache River, Arkansasen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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