Regulation of nitrification in the land-ocean contact area of the Rhone River plume (NW mediterranean)

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-312

  Bianchi, Micheline ^a   Feliatra, ^a   Lefevre, Dominique ^b  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium oxidisers; Mediterranean Sea; Nitrification rates; Nitrite oxidisers; Plume; Seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTUARY; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXIDATION; RIVER; SALINITY;

EID: 0033588279     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame018301     Document Type: Article

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