Nitrogen cycling in coastal marine ecosystems

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 563-590

  Herbert, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonification; Anthropogenic input; C N ratio; Carbon availability; Denitrification; Eutrophication; Meiofauna; N2 fixation; Nitrification; Physico chemical gradient; Rhizosphere effect

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASHORE;

EID: 0032850103     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(99)00022-4     Document Type: Review

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