Denitrification alternates between a source and sink of nitrous oxide in the hypolimnion of a thermally stratified reservoir

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 495-506

  Beaulieu, Jake J ^a   Smolenski, Rebecca L ^b   Nietch, Christopher T ^a   Townsend Small, Amy ^b   Elovitz, Michael S ^a   Schubauer Berigan, Joseph P ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYPOLIMNION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; RESERVOIR; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; STRATIFICATION; TROPHIC STATUS;

EID: 84895871696     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.2.0495     Document Type: Article

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