Nitrogen transformations at the sediment-water interface across redox gradients in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 731, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-108

  Small, Gaston E ^a   Cotner, James B ^b   Finlay, Jacques C ^b   Stark, Rebecca A ^b   Sterner, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Laurentian Great Lakes; Nitrogen; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NITROGEN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TRANSFORMATION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84898836774     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1569-7     Document Type: Article

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