Nitrification and growth of autotrophic nitrifying bacteria and Thaumarchaeota in the coastal North Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1775-1785

  Veuger, B ^a,b   Pitcher, A ^a   Schouten, S ^a,c   Sinninghe Damste J S ^a,c   Middelburg, J J ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FATTY ACID; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITOR; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN COMPOUND; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84887729199     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-1775-2013     Document Type: Article

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