Nitrogen cycling in sediments of the Lagoon of Venice, Italy

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 199, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-11

  Svensson, Jonas Martin ^a   Carrer, Giovanni Marco ^b   Bocci, Martina ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Denitrification; Lagoon of Venice; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ITALY; LAGOON; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEDIMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

DENITRIFICATION; LAGOON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEDIMENT;

ITALY; LAGOON OF VENICE;

ULVA; ZOSTERA;

EID: 0034717825     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps199001     Document Type: Article

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