Denitrification in the water column of the central Baltic Sea

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 247-260

  Dalsgaard, Tage ^a   De Brabandere, Loreto ^b   Hall, Per O J ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; INTERNAL WAVE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFIDE; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GOTLAND BASIN;

EID: 84874294492     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.12.038     Document Type: Article

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