Supersaturated N2O in a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake: Molecular and stable isotopic evidence for a biogeochemical relict

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2439-2450

  Priscu, John C ^a   Christner, Brent C ^b   Dore, John E ^a,c   Westley, Marian B ^c   Popp, Brian N ^c   Casciotti, Karen L ^d   Lyons, W Berry ^e  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ICE COVER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE BONNEY [EAST ANTARCTICA];

EID: 55749115125     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.6.2439     Document Type: Article

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