Microbial nitrogen cycling on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2431-2442

  Telling, J ^a   Stibal, M ^a   Anesio, A M ^a   Tranter, M ^a   Nias, I ^a   Cook, J ^b   Bellas, C ^a   Lis, G ^a   Wadham, J L ^a   Sole, A ^c   Nienow, P ^c   Hodson, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACETYLENE; AMMONIUM; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INORGANIC NITROGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORAINE; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84863641276     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-2431-2012     Document Type: Article

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