Quantity and quality of organic matter (detritus) drives N2 effluxes (net denitrification) across seasons, benthic habitats, and estuaries

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1083-1095

  Eyre, Bradley D ^a   Maher, Damien T ^a   Squire, Peter ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

denitrification; detritus; mangroves; organic matter; seagrass; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC HABITATS; COASTAL SYSTEMS; DETRITUS; MANGROVES; SEAGRASSES; SEDIMENT ORGANIC MATTERS; SEDIMENT OXYGEN DEMAND; STABLE ISOTOPES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENTS;

ESTUARIES;

BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; DENITRIFICATION; DIEL VARIATION; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT TYPE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT LOSS; ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84887264017     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004631     Document Type: Article

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