Bioavailability of organic matter in a freshwater estuarine sediment: Long-term degradation experiments with and without nitrate supply

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-28

  Abell, Jeffrey ^a,b   Laverman, Anniet M ^a,c   Van Cappellen, Philippe ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Degradation; Denitrification; Fermentation; Nitrate reduction; Organic carbon; Scheldt estuary; Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955965871     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9296-x     Document Type: Article

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