Direct and indirect measurements of nitrification and denitrification in the rhizosphere of aquatic macrophytes

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-91

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

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coupled nitrification denitrification; O2 excretion; Rhizosphere; Rooted macrophytes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN 15; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SEDIMENT; SLURRY;

LITTORELLA UNIFLORA; LOBELIA DORTMANNA; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0345466427     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame019081     Document Type: Article

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