High nitrate, muddy estuaries as nitrogen sinks: The nitrogen budget of the River Colne estuary (United Kingdom)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 217-228

  Ogilvie, B ^a,b   Nedwell, D B ^a   Harrison, R M ^c   Robinson, A ^a   Sage, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Estuaries; Eutrophication

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARIES; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SINK;

UK, ENGLAND, ESSEX, COLNE ESTUARY;

EID: 0030618183     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps150217     Document Type: Article

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