Evidence of nitrification and denitrification in high and low microbial abundance sponges

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 593-602

  Schläppy, Marie Lise ^a   Schöttner, Sandra I ^a   Lavik, Gaute ^a   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^a   de Beer, Dirk ^a   Hoffmann, Friederike ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM COMPOUND; DENITRIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; OXIDATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPONGE; SULFATE;

CHONDROSIA RENIFORMIS; DYSIDEA; DYSIDEA AVARA;

EID: 77649340938     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1344-5     Document Type: Article

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