Direct determination of nitrogen cycling rates and pathways in Arctic fjord sediments (Svalbard, Norway)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 740-752

  Gihring, Thomas M ^a,c   Lavik, Gaute ^b   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^b   Kostka, Joel E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BENTHOS; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; REDUCTION; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SLURRY; TRACER; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWAY; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 78650501066     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.55.2.0740     Document Type: Article

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