Microbial nitrogen removal in a developing suburban estuary along the South Carolina coast

Estuaries

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 364-372

  Tuerk, Karen J S ^a   Aelion, C Marjorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; TIDAL CYCLE;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23744442158     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02693919     Document Type: Article

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