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Determination of the rate of ammonification and nitrification in natural water by kinetic method

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A method for simultaneous determination of the rate of ammonification and nitrification in natural water is proposed. It is based on the presentation of these processes as two successive first-order reactions, the use of field data on the concentrations of different N forms, and the laboratory modeling of the processes under study. The values of rate constants and reactions rates that are determined by the above method generally coincide with the relevant values obtained by other methods for Karelian water bodies.

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  1. Institute of Water Problems of the North, Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, prosp. A. Nevskogo 50, Petrozavodsk, 185030, Russia

    A. V. Ryzhakov, N. A. Kukkonen & P. A. Lozovik

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Ryzhakov, N.A. Kukkonen, P.A. Lozovik, 2010, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2010, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 73–77.

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Ryzhakov, A.V., Kukkonen, N.A. & Lozovik, P.A. Determination of the rate of ammonification and nitrification in natural water by kinetic method. Water Resour 37, 70–74 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807810010069

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