Denitrification rates measured along a salinity gradient in the eutrophic Neuse River estuary, North Carolina, USA

Estuaries

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 608-619

  Fear, John M ^a   Thompson, Suzanne P ^b   Gallo, Thomas E ^b   Paerl, Hans W ^b  

^a North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; SALINITY;

NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25844481556     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02696071     Document Type: Article

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