Seasonal and spatial patterns of sedimentary denitrification rates in the Chukchi sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1339-1350

  Chang, Bonnie X ^a   Devol, Allan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic waters; Chukchi sea; Denitrification; Nitrogen cycle; Sedimentary

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC WATERS; CHUKCHI SEA; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEEP-WATER SEDIMENTS; DENITRIFICATION RATE; DIFFUSIVE FLUX; FIXED NITROGEN; NITROGEN BUDGETS; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN GAS; OVERLYING WATER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTARY; SHALLOW-WATER; SHELF AND SLOPE SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; WATER DEPTH;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUDGET CONTROL; FIRE HAZARDS; NITROGEN; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DENITRIFICATION;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENITRIFICATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 67649398877     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.10.024     Document Type: Article

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