Denitrification, anammox and nitrate reduction in sediments of the southern great barrier reef lagoon

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 478, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-70

  Erler, Dirk V ^a   Trott, Lindsay A ^b   Alongi, Daniel M ^b   Eyre, Bradley D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anammox; Denitrification; Dissimilatory assimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonia; Great barrier reef

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENITRIFICATION; LAGOON; NITRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF LAGOON; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84875539601     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10040     Document Type: Article

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