Summer-time denitrification and nitrous oxide exchange in the intertidal zone of the Yangtze Estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 43-53

  Wang, Dongqi ^a   Chen, Zhenlou ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Xu, Shiyuan ^a   Yang, Hongxia ^a   Chen, Hua ^a   Yang, Longyuan ^b   Hu, Lingzhen ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

denitrification; intertidal zone; N2O; nitrous oxide exchange; Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DENITRIFICATION; GAS EXCHANGE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TIDAL FLAT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

ALGAE; SCIRPUS MARIQUETER;

EID: 34247599778     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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