Inorganic and organic nitrogen cycling in Chesapeake Bay: Autotrophic versus heterotrophic processes and relationships to carbon flux

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-189

  Bronk, Deborah A ^a   Gilbert, Patricia M ^b   Malone, Thomas C ^b   Banahan, Susan ^c   Sahlsten, Elisabeth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C:n ratios; Chesapeake bay; Dissolved organic carbon; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001703724     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame015177     Document Type: Article

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