Intensive and extensive nitrogen loss from intertidal permeable sediments of the Wadden Sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-198

  Gao, Hang ^a   Matyka, Maciej ^a,d   Liu, Bo ^a   Khalili, Arzhang ^a,e   Kostka, Joel E ^a,f   Collins, Gavin ^a,g   Jansen, Stefan ^a,h   Holtappels, Moritz ^a   Jensen, Marlene M ^a,i   Badewien, Thomas H ^b   Beck, Melanie ^b   Grunwal, Maik ^c   de Beer, Dirk ^a   Lavik, Gaute ^a   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^e JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^h University of Southern Denmark ^*

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 84869851034     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.1.0185     Document Type: Article

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