Impact of ocean acidification on benthic and water column ammonia oxidation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Kitidis, Vassilis ^a   Laverock, Bonnie ^a   McNeill, Louise C ^a   Beesley, Amanda ^a   Cummings, Denise ^a   Tait, Karen ^a   Osborn, Mark A ^b   Widdicombe, Stephen ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; OXIDATION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AMMONIA OXIDATION; ENGLISH CHANNEL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIAL PROCESS; WATER COLUMNS;

AMMONIA;

ACIDIFICATION; ADAPTATION; AMMONIA; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXIDATION; PH; SEAWATER; WATER COLUMN;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 80655125071     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049095     Document Type: Article

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