Key nitrogen biogeochemical processes revealed by the nitrogen isotopic composition of dissolved nitrate in the Changjiang River estuary, China

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 162-173

  Yu, Haiyan ^a,b   Yu, Zhiming ^a   Song, Xiuxian ^a   Cao, Xihua ^a   Yuan, Yongquan ^a   Lu, Guangyuan ^a   Liu, Lili ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

assimilation; eutrophication; mineralization; nitrification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894378473     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-014-3102-x     Document Type: Article

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