Nitrogen loss from soil through anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled to iron reduction

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 538-541

  Yang, Wendy H ^a   Weber, Karrie A ^b   Silver, Whendee L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; IRON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOIL NITROGEN;

EID: 84864566854     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1530     Document Type: Review

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