Benthic denitrification and nitrogen cycling at the slope and rise of the N.W. European Continental Margin (Goban Spur)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 111-126

  Balzer, W ^a   Helder, W ^b   Epping, E ^b   Lohse, L ^b   Otto, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; EUROPE; NITRIFICATION;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032439866     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(98)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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