Regulation of bacterial sulfate reduction and hydrogen sulfide fluxes in the central Namibian coastal upwelling zone

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4505-4518

  Brüchert, Volker ^a   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a   Neumann, Kirsten ^a   Riechmann, Daniela ^a   Schlösser, Manfred ^a   Schulz, Heide ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0344082224     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00275-8     Document Type: Article

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