Hypernutrified estuaries as sources of N2O emission to the atmosphere: The estuary of the River Colne, Essex, UK

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 164, Issue , 1998, Pages 59-71

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Eutrophication; Greenhouse gas; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032499140     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps164059     Document Type: Article

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