Nitrate elimination and regeneration as evidenced by dissolved inorganic nitrogen isotopes in Saanich Inlet, a seasonally anoxic fjord

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 157, Issue , 2013, Pages 194-207

  Bourbonnais, Annie ^a   Lehmann, Moritz F ^b   Hamme, Roberta C ^a   Manning, Cara C ^c,d   Juniper, S Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxic basin; British Columbia; Dissolved inorganic nitrogen isotopes; Fixed nitrogen loss; Nitrate isotope anomalies; Nitrogen cycle; Northeast Pacific Ocean; Saanich Inlet; Sedimentary denitrification; Water column denitrification

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FJORD; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REMINERALIZATION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; WATER COLUMN;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; SAANICH INLET;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84886847339     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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