Seasonal variation of nitrification along a salinity gradient in an urban estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 362, Issue , 1997, Pages 115-126

  Iriarte, Arantza ^a   De La Sota, Alejandro ^b   Drive, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Planta Depuradora de Galindo ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Estuaries; Nitrification; Nitrogen nutrients

Indexed keywords

NITRIFICATION; SALINITY GRADIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

SPAIN, BASQUE REGION, NERVION RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031398314     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003130516899     Document Type: Article

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