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TABLE 4.6
Nitrification Rate Constant (day − 1 )

Min. Max. Avg. Location Reference As Cited in Explanation

0.1 0.14 Potomac River Estuary Slayton and Trovato, 1978, 1979 Bowie et al. 93

0.09 0.13 Potomac River Estuary Thomann and Fitzpatrick, 1982 Bowie et al. 93

0.2 Potomac River Estuary O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 At 20 ° C

0.09 0.54 0.3 Delaware River Estuary Bansal, 1976 Bowie et al. 93

0.004 0.11 Delaware River Estuary Lipschultz et al., 1986 Cerco and Cole 91

0.2 New York Bight O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 At 20 ° C

0 0.15 James River Estuary O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 At 20 ° C

0.05 0.15 James River Estuary Lung, 1986 Lung and Paerl 79 At 20 ° C

0.027 James River Estuary Kator, 1990 Cerco and Cole 91

0.05 Neuse River Estuary Lung and Paerl, 1986 Lung and Paerl 79 At 20 ° C

0.05 Chesapeake Bay Hydroqual Inc., 1987 Lung and Paerl 79 At 20 ° C

0.15 Manasquan Estuary Najarian et al., 1984 Najarian et al. 95

0.1 Venice Lagoon Melaku Canu et al., 2001 Melaku Canu et al. 88 At 20 ° C

0.043 Tamar Estuary Owens, 1986 Cerco and Cole 91

0.03 Patuxent River Estuary Lung, 1992 Lung 80 At 20 ° C, value used in modeling

0.08 Maryland coastal waters Lung and Hwang 1994 Lung and Hwang 81 At 20 ° C, value used in modeling