RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Nitrogen mass balance and denitrification rates in Lagunas de Ruidera Natural Park, Spain
A1 Piña, E
A1 Montero González, Esperanza
A1 Piña, E.
A1 Álvarez Cobelas, Miguel
A1 Riolobos, P.
A2 Jones, Jack
A2 Faaborg, Janice
AB Human activities have dramatically changed the global nitrogen cycle. Extensive agricultural overfertilization has increased the worldwide supply of nitrogen to freshwaters in recent decades (VITOUSEK et al. 1997). Due to the negative impact of increasingnitrogen concentration on the function o f aquatic systems, the study of mechanisms reducing nitrogen concentration downstream has gained importance. Denitrification, sedimentation and uptake by plants (SAUNDERS et al. 2001) are the main mechanisms ofnitrogen retention in aquatic systems, and these studies are expanding topics in limnology (STEI'iGRUBER et al. 2001). However, data on denitrification rates in lakes o f semiarid regions are lacking.The aims o f this study were to estimate total nitrogen elimination rates in a semiarid lake using the mass-balance approach. which is well suited to estimate biogeochemical cycles in lakes; to determine the importance o f denitrification to nitrogen budgets in that lake; and to suggest control variables o f denitrification on a yearly basis in lakes worldwide.
SN 978-3-510-54067-9
SN 0368-0770
YR 2006
FD 2006
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114811
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114811
LA eng
NO Piña, E., Montero, E., Alvarez-Cobelas, M., & Riolobos, P. (2006). Nitrogen mass balance and denitrification rates in Lagunas de Ruidera Natural Park, Spain. SIL Proceedings, 1922-2010, 29(3), 1503–1506. https://doi.org/10.1080/03680770.2005.11902931
NO Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 may 2025