Anoxia over the western continental shelf of India: Bacterial indications of intrinsic nitrification feeding denitrification

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 445-455

  Krishnan, K P ^a,b   Fernandes, Sheryl O ^a   Loka Bharathi, P A ^a   Krishna Kumari, L ^a   Nair, Shanta ^a   Pratihary, Anil K ^a   Rao, B Ramalingeswara ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Coastal anoxia; Denitrifiers; Nitrifiers

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATERS;

INTRINSIC NITRIFICATION; MICROBES;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATER;

AMMONIFICATION; ANOXIA; BACTERIUM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FEEDING; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

AMMONIFICATION; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COASTAL WATERS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYER; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; INDIA; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYER; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; INDIA; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; POPULATION DENSITY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; GOA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 40949122263     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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