Evidence of denitrification and nitrate ammonification in the River Rhone plume (northwestern Mediterranean Sea)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 275-281

  Omnes, Patrick ^a   Slawyk, Gerd ^a   Garcia, Nicole ^a   Bonin, Patricia ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

15N; Denitrification; Mediterranean Sea; Nitrate ammonification; Water column

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

DENITRIFICATION; NITRATE AMMONIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; RIVER PLUMES;

FRANCE, PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR, BOUCHES-DU-RHONE, RHONE RIVER;

EID: 0029660451     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps141275     Document Type: Article

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