Trait-based representation of biological nitrification: Model development, testing, and predicted community composition

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Bouskill, Nicholas J ^a   Tang, Jinyun ^a   Riley, William J ^a   Brodie, Eoin L ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological; Geochemistry; Mathematical modeling; Models; Nitrification; Nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875828051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00364     Document Type: Article

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