Biogeochemistry of nitrous oxide in Lake Kizaki, Japan, elucidated by nitrous oxide isotopomer analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Sasaki, Y ^a   Koba, K ^a   Yamamoto, M ^b   Makabe, A ^c   Ueno, Y ^c   Nakagawa, M ^c   Toyoda, S ^c   Yoshida, N ^c   Yoh, M ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; LAKE KIZAKI; NAGANO;

EID: 84855301783     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001589     Document Type: Article

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