The relative role of denitrification and immobilization in the fate of inorganic nitrogen in mangrove sediments (Terminos Lagoon, Mexico)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 284-296

  Rivera Monroy, Victor H ^a   Twilley, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

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EID: 0029776418     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.2.0284     Document Type: Article

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