High-resolution profiles and nitrogen isotope tracing reveal a dominant source of nitrous oxide and multiple pathways of nitrogen gas formation in the central Arabian Sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 156-168

  Nicholls, Joanna Claire ^a   Davies, Christian Andrew ^a,b   Trimmer, Mark ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; METABOLISM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; TRACER; WATER COLUMN;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

NITROSOMONAS;

EID: 34250883264     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.1.0156     Document Type: Article

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