Transformations of Nitrogen in a Polluted Estuary: Nonlinearities in the Demand for Oxygen at Low Flow
- 14 August 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 213 (4509), 754-757
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.213.4509.754
Abstract
Oxidation of sewage ammonium in the Potomac River is described in terms of a simple kinetic model, with growth of nitrifying bacteria limited by the supply of ammonium ion. The oxidation rate varies inversely with freshwater inflow, and the associated demand for oxygen varies as the inverse square of the freshwater inflow rate. Similar behavior is observed for the Delaware River. The model accounts for the observed concentrations of ammonium and nitrous oxide.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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