Implications of nitrate and nitrite isotopic measurements for the mechanisms of nitrogen cycling in the Peru oxygen deficient zone

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 78-93

  Casciotti, Karen L ^a,b   Buchwald, Carolyn ^b   McIlvin, Matthew ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anammox; Denitrification; Isotopic fractionation; Nitrate; Nitrite oxidation; Peru

Indexed keywords

ANAMMOX; FINITE DIFFERENCE MODEL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRITE OXIDATIONS; PERU;

CARRIER MOBILITY; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXYGEN; REDUCTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITRATES;

DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT BUDGET; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SUBOXIC CONDITIONS;

PERU;

EID: 84882680692     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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