Small-scale distribution of interstitial nitrite in freshwater sediment microcosms: The role of nitrate and oxygen availability, and sediment permeability

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 367-378

  Stief, P ^b   De Beer, D ^b   Neumann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRITE;

NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENT;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0036527049     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-2008-x     Document Type: Article

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