Oxygen isotopic composition of nitrate and nitrite produced by nitrifying cocultures and natural marine assemblages

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1361-1375

  Buchwald, Carolyn ^a   Santoro, Alyson E ^b,c   McIlvin, Matthew R ^b   Casciotti, Karen L ^b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROKARYOTE;

EID: 84865037791     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.5.1361     Document Type: Article

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