Nitrifying and denitrifying microbial communities and their relationship to nutrient fluxes and sediment geochemistry in the Derwent Estuary, Tasmania

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-75

  Abell, G C J ^a   Ross, D J ^b   Keane, J P ^b   Oakes, J M ^c   Eyre, B D ^c   Robert, S S ^a   Volkman, J K ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Denitrification; Estuarine sediment; Nitrification; Nutrient fluxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881397032     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01642     Document Type: Article

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