Nitrogen transformations in wetland soil cores measured by 15N isotope pairing and dilution at four infiltration rates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2345-2351

  Stepanauskas, Ramunas ^a   Davidsson, Emil Torbjörn ^a   Leonardson, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0029960561     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2345-2351.1996     Document Type: Article

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