Simulating estuarine nitrous oxide production by means of a dynamic model

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-172

  Rodrigues, P P G W ^a,b   Barnes, J ^a   Upstill Goddard, R C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric emission; Dissolved inorganic nitrogen transformations; Dynamic models; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Tyne estuary

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC FLUX; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN (DIN); DYNAMIC MODELS; NITROUS OXIDE;

ESTUARIES;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MARINE POLLUTION; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SALINITY; TIDAL CYCLE; TIMESCALE; TRANSFORMATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ESTUARY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRIFICATION; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; TYNE ESTUARY [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846674479     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.08.039     Document Type: Article

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