Benthic nutrient fluxes and limited denitrification in a sub-tropical groundwater-influenced coastal lagoon

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 504, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-26

  Bernard, Rebecca J ^a,b   Mortazavi, Behzad ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^a,c   Ortmann, Alice C ^a,c   MacIntyre, Hugh ^d   Burnett, William C ^e  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic flux; Denitrification; Hydrogen sulfide; Nitrogen cycle; Sediment; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL LAGOON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84902132390     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10783     Document Type: Article

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