The objective of this study was to evaluate the treatment efficiency of a gravel contact oxidation treatment system which was newly constructed under the riverbed of Nan-men Stream located at the Shin Chu City of Taiwan. The influent and effluent water samples were taken periodically for the analyses of pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, total suspended solids, five-day biological oxygen demand...

The impact of dark NH4+ and N03assimilation on photosynthetic light harvesting capability of the green alga Selenastrum minutum was monitored by chlorophyll a fluorescence analysis. When cells assimilated NH4+, they exhibited a large decline in the variable fluorescence/maximum fluorescence ratio, the fluorescence yield of photosystem 11 relative to that of photosystem I at 77 kelvin, and 02 ev...

The present study with young poplar trees aimed at characterizing the effect of O2 shortage in the soil on net uptake of NO3- and NH4+ and the spatial distribution of the N taken up. Moreover, we assessed biomass increment as well as N status of the trees affected by O2 deficiency. For this purpose, an experiment was conducted in which hydroponically grown young poplar trees were exposed to hyp...

We compared growth kinetics of Prorocentrum donghaiense cultures on different nitrogen (N) compounds including nitrate (NO3-), ammonium (NH4+), urea, glutamic acid (glu), dialanine (diala) and cyanate. P. donghaiense exhibited standard Monod-type growth kinetics over a range of N concentraions (0.5-500 μmol N L-1 for NO3- and NH4+, 0.5-50 μmol N L-1 for urea, 0.5-100 μmol N L-1 for glu and cyan...

Wheat is one of the most important food crops in the world, its availability affects global food security. In this study, we investigated variations in NH4(+) and NO3(-) fluxes in the fine roots of wheat using a scanning ion-selective electrode technique in the presence of different nitrogen (N) forms, N concentrations, and pH levels as well as under water stress. Our results show that the fine...

this study investigated the impact of internal nitrogen and phosphorus loading on water qualityof lake chaohu, china. results showed that the overall mean concentration of tn and tp in lake water was1.09±0.84 and 0.15±0.84 (sd) mg/l, respectively, indicating lake chaohu was highly eutrophic during thestudy period. mean benthic flux of nh4 +, no3 -, and po4 3- were 3.56±1.52 mg n/m2/d, -0.14±0.4...

this study investigated the impact of internal nitrogen and phosphorus loading on water qualityof lake chaohu, china. results showed that the overall mean concentration of tn and tp in lake water was1.09±0.84 and 0.15±0.84 (sd) mg/l, respectively, indicating lake chaohu was highly eutrophic during thestudy period. mean benthic flux of nh4 +, no3 -, and po4 3- were 3.56±1.52 mg n/m2/d, -0.14±0.4...