Benthic nitrogen cycling traversing the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 6094-6111

  Bohlen, L ^a   Dale, A W ^a   Sommer, S ^a   Mosch, T ^a   Hensen, C ^a   Noffke, A ^a   Scholz, F ^a   Wallmann, K ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BENTHOS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; NITROGEN CYCLE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; POREWATER; REACTION KINETICS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; THIOPLOCA;

EID: 80052932008     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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