Seasonal variability of denitrification efficiency in northern salt marshes: An example from the St. Lawrence Estuary

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 490-505

  Poulin, Patrick ^a   Pelletier, Emilien ^a   Saint Louis, Richard ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycle; Denitrification; Ice; Nutrients; Salt marshes; Sediments; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; SALTS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; SALT MARSHES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AMMONIA; METAL; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMEDIATION; SALTMARSH; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENT; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESERVATION; SALT MARSH; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIA; CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; QUEBEC; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33947587689     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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