Nitrogen cycling in two temperate Zostera marina beds: Seasonal variation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 198, Issue , 2000, Pages 93-107

  Risgaard Petersen, Nils ^a   Ottosen, Lars Ditlev Mørck ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denitrification; DIN fluxes; Plant N losses; Plant N uptake

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERALIZATION; MODEL; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0034608686     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps198093     Document Type: Article

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