Vertical distribution of denitrification in an estuarine sediment: Integrating sediment flowthrough reactor experiments and microprofiling via reactive transport modeling

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-47

  Laverman, Anniet M ^a   Meile, Christof ^b   Van Cappellen, Philippe ^a   Wieringa, Elze B A ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

NITRATE FLUX; POLLUTED ESTUARY; POTENTIAL RATE MEASUREMENTS; SEDIMENT CORES;

SEDIMENTS;

ACETYLENE; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MODELING; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARY; REACTOR; SEDIMENT; WATER TRANSPORT;

ACETYLENE; BIOREACTORS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; NITROUS OXIDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33846120979     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01442-06     Document Type: Article

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