Ammonium transformation in a nitrogen-rich tidal freshwater marsh

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-298

  Gribsholt, Britta ^a   Struyf, Eric ^b   Tramper, Anton ^a   Andersson, Maria G I ^a   Brion, Natacha ^c   De Brabandere, Loreto ^c   Van Damme, Stefan ^b   Meire, Patrick ^b   Middelburg, Jack J ^a   Dehairs, Frank ^c   Boschker, Henricus T S ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

15N; Denitrification; Nitrification; Nitrogen transformation; Tidal freshwater marsh

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; WATERSHED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCHELDT RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749267968     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-006-9024-8     Document Type: Article

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