Effect of aquacultured oyster biodeposition on sediment N2 production in chesapeake bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 473, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-27

  Higgins, Colleen B ^a   Tobias, Craig ^b   Piehler, Michael F ^c   Smyth, Ashley R ^c   Dame, Richard F ^d   Stephenson, Kurt ^e   Brown, Bonnie L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d Wall College of Business   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anammox; Chesapeake Bay; Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin); Denitrification; Eastern oyster; N2 production; Oyster biodeposition; Sediment nitrogen removal

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DENITRIFICATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EUTROPHICATION; MARICULTURE; NITROGEN; OYSTER CULTURE; TRACER;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84872701628     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10062     Document Type: Article

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