Denitrification and N2O effluxes in the Bothnian Bay (northern Baltic Sea) river sediments as affected by temperature under different oxygen concentrations

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-72

  Silvennoinen, H ^a   Liikanen, A ^a   Torssonen, J ^a   Stange, C F ^b   Martikainen, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N; Baltic Sea; Denitrification and nitrous oxide effluxes; Oxygen concentration; River sediments; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN BAY; GULF OF BOTHNIA;

EID: 44449160790     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-008-9194-7     Document Type: Article

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