Denitrification in a coastal sediment measured in situ by the nitrogen isotope pairing technique applied to a benthic flux chamber

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 181-186

  Nielsen, Lars Peter ^a   Glud, Ronnie Nøhr ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N; Benthic lander; Denitrification; Flux; Nitrification; Nitrogen; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ABRA ALBA; BIVALVIA;

BENTHIC FLUX CHAMBER LANDER; BENTHIC FLUX CHAMBERS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPE PAIRING; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTS;

DENMARK, AARHUS BIGHT;

EID: 0029663243     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137181     Document Type: Article

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