Rates and regulation of nitrogen cycling in seasonally hypoxic sediments during winter (Boknis Eck, SW Baltic Sea): Sensitivity to environmental variables

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-28

  Dale, A W ^a   Sommer, S ^a   Bohlen, L ^a   Treude, T ^a   Bertics, V J ^a   Bange, H W ^a   Pfannkuche, O ^a   Schorp, T ^a   Mattsdotter, M ^a   Wallmann, K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anammox; Denitrification; Hypoxia; Kiel Bight; Modelling; Nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BACTERIUM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DENITRIFICATION; HYPOXIA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ECKERNFORDE BAY; GERMANY; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 82855165093     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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