Effects of salinity on NH4+ adsorption capacity, nitrification, and denitrification in Danish estuarine sediments

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-30

  Rysgaard, SØREN ^a   Thastum, Peter ^a   Dalsgaard, Tage ^a   Christensen, Peter Bondo ^a   Sloth, Niels P ^a  

^a Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALINITY;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

DENMARK; RANDERS FJORD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032944999     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352923     Document Type: Article

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