New pathways and processes in the global nitrogen cycle

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 407-428

  Thamdrup, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ammonium oxidation; anammox; bacteria; denitrification; eukaryotes; nitrogen loss

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON CYCLE; DENITRIFICATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHANE; NITRITE; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION;

EID: 84880816002     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102710-145048     Document Type: Review

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