Denitrification: An important pathway for nitrous oxide production in tropical mangrove sediments (Goa, India)

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1507-1516

  Fernandes, Sheryl Oliveira ^a   Bharathi, P A Loka ^a   Bonin, Patricia C ^b   Michotey, Valérie D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFIERS; DEPTH RANGE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; MANGROVE SEDIMENTS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MITIGATION MEASURES; NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTION; STRATIFIED SAMPLING;

ANESTHETICS; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAD OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DENITRIFICATION;

NITROUS OXIDE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDIA; MANGROVE; TROPICS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SEDIMENT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 77955629634     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0477     Document Type: Article

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