Benthic nitrogen fluxes along a depth gradient in a microtidal fjord: The role of denitrification and microphytobenthos

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1095-1107

  Sundbäck, Kristina ^a   Linares, Frank ^a   Larson, Fredrik ^a   Wulff, Angela ^a   Engelsen, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; DEPTH; NITROGEN; PHYTOBENTHOS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GULLMAR FJORD; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 4043060991     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.4.1095     Document Type: Article

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