Nitrogen and nitrification in the Houston Ship Channel

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noTD 225 .H68 W37 1977 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorWard, G.H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMiertschin, J.D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTuffey, T.J.en_US
dc.contributor.otherHouston Ship Channel Study: summary report (Acc #4989)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:11:34Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:11:34Z
dc.date.issued1977en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description169 pgs.en_US
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dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to investigate in detail the transport and interconversion of nitrogen forms in the Houston Ship Channel. Particular attention was given the process of nitrification, the bacterial oxidation of ammonia to nitrate thence to nitrate, whether nitrification occurs in the Channel and, if it does, the reaction rates at which it proceeds. Two sources of data were employed, the historical data of the Texas Water Quality Board, consisting of routine sampling runs of the Galveston Bay Project and the later TWQB monitoring program, and data collected as a part this study, consisting of three sampling runs executed in the Channel in 1976. Supplementary information was also compiled, including antecedent streamflows corrected by drainage area to the confluence with the Channel, and nitrogen loads to the Channel due to municipal and industrial point sources. The data runs of this study included analyses for the population densities of ammonia - oxidizing and nitrite - oxidizing bacteria, determined by an MPN technique. Thus a direct appraisal of the magnitude of the nitrifying populaces could be made and judgements made as to the probability of significant nitrification occurring.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeHouston Ship Channelen_US
dc.history3/20/06 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/22667
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collectionen_US
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dc.notesSee Also Acc#4989 for the summary report and Acc# 4989.2 for the field study of circulation and transport.en_US
dc.placeLa Porte, TXen_US
dc.publisherE.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries4989.30en_US
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dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectnavigational channelsen_US
dc.subjectdredgingen_US
dc.subjectwater circulationen_US
dc.subjectnitrogenen_US
dc.subjectnitrificationen_US
dc.subjectdispersalen_US
dc.subjectwater qualityen_US
dc.titleNitrogen and nitrification in the Houston Ship Channelen_US
dc.typeChapteren_US
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