Coupled nitrification-denitrification in sediment of the eastern Bering Sea shelf leads to 15N enrichment of fixed N in shelf waters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Granger, J ^a   Prokopenko, M G ^b   Sigman, D M ^c   Mordy, C W ^d   Morse, Z M ^c   Morales, L V ^c   Sambrotto, R N ^e   Plessen, B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^f GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BUDGET CONTROL; ISOTOPES; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BERING SEA; BERING STRAIT; BOTTOM WATER; GLOBAL OCEAN; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPE EFFECT; ISOTOPE RATIO; N SPECIES; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; OVERLYING WATER; PARTIAL NITRIFICATION; SHELF WATERS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

DENITRIFICATION;

BOTTOM WATER; CORRELATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; ICE COVER; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHELF SEA; WATER COLUMN;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80755127001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006751     Document Type: Article

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