Benthic fluxes of nitrogen in the tidal reaches of a turbid, high-nitrate sub-tropical river

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 675-685

  Cook, Perran L M ^a,b,c,e   Eyre, Bradley D ^d   Leeming, Rhys ^b,c   Butler, Edward C V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Indooroopilly Sciences Centre   (Australia)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Denitrification; DON; Membrane inlet mass spectrometry; Remineralisation

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FLUX; DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; REMINERALIZATION; TIDAL CHANNEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 1642351155     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2003.11.011     Document Type: Article

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