Seasonal variation in nitrification and nitratereduction pathways in coastal sediments in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-181

  Jäntti, Helena ^a,b   Stange, Florian ^c   Leskinen, Elina ^a   Hietanen, Susanna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anammox; Baltic Sea; Denitrification; DNRA; Gulf of Finland; Nitrification; Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956324836     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01492     Document Type: Article

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