Nitrification and its oxygen consumption along the turbid Chang Jiang River plume

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2083-2098

  Hsiao, S Y ^a   Hsu, T C ^a   Liu, J W ^b   Xie, X ^b   Zhang, Y ^b   Lin, J ^b   Wang, H ^b   Yang, J Y T ^b   Hsu, S C ^a   Dai, M ^b   Kao, S J ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYPOXIA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REDFIELD RATIO; RIVER PLUME; SALINITY; TRACER; TURBIDITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84898605177     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-2083-2014     Document Type: Article

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