Denitrification: An ecosystem service provided by salt marshes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 448, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-92

  Sousa, Ana I ^a,b   Lillebø, Ana I ^b   Risgaard Petersen, Nils ^c   Pardal, Miguel A ^d   Caçador, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

15N isotope pairing technique; Denitrification; Ecosystem services; Eutrophication; Salt marshes; Spartina maritima

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHICATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SALTMARSH; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

SPARTINA MARITIMA;

EID: 84857621022     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09526     Document Type: Article

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