Denitrification rates as measured by the isotope pairing method and by the acetylene inhibition technique in continental shelf sediments of the North Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 169-179

  Lohse, Lutz ^a   Kloosterhuis, Henderikus T ^a   Van Raaphorst, Wim ^a   Helder, Willem ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylene inhibition technique; Continental shell sediments; Denitrification; Isotope pairing method; Nitrate fluxes; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE INHIBITION TECHNIQUE; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPE PAIRING METHOD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHELF SEDIMENTS;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0029667076     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps132169     Document Type: Article

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