Nitrogen cycling in lake sediments bioturbated by Chironomus plumosus larvae, under different degrees of oxygenation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 325, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-238

  Pelegrí, Sílvia P ^a,b   Blackburn, T Henry ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bioturbation; denitrification; lake sediment; nitrate ammonification; nitrification; nitrite

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

DENITRIFICATION; LAKE SEDIMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLING;

EID: 0029662462     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00014989     Document Type: Article

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