Nitrogen fluxes through the upper estuary of the Great Ouse, England:The role of the bottom sediments

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 273-286

  Nedwell, D B ^a   Trimmer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom sediments; Denetrification; Nutrient fluxes; Organic mineralisation

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SEDIMENT; DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; ESTUARY; MINERALISATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FLUX; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

UK, ENGLAND, NORFOLK, GREAT OUSE ESTUARY;

EID: 0030302997     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps142273     Document Type: Article

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