Nitrification, denitrification, and nitrate ammonification in sediments of two coastal lagoons in Southern France

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 329, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 133-141

  Rysgaard, Søren ^b   Risgaard Petersen, Nils ^a   Sloth, Niels Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

Author keywords

15N; ammonification; ammonium; denitrification; flux; is otope; nitrate; Nitrification; sediments

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; HALOPHILA; ULVA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 0029972293     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00034553     Document Type: Article

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