Nitrous oxide in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary and its adjacent marine area: Riverine input, sediment release and atmospheric fluxes

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3505-3516

  Zhang, G L ^a   Zhang, J ^b   Liu, S M ^a   Ren, J L ^a   Zhao, Y C ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FIELD SURVEY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 78249241232     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-3505-2010     Document Type: Article

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