Theoretical and practical limitations of the acetylene inhibition technique to determine total denitrification losses

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4125-4138

  Felber, R ^a   Conen, F ^b   Flechard, C R ^c   Neftel, A ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AERODYNAMICS; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL EMISSION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

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EID: 84868015182     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4125-2012     Document Type: Article

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