Nitrogen transformations within a tropical subterranean estuary

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 164, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-47

  Erler, Dirk V ^a   Santos, Isaac R ^a   Zhang, Ying ^b   Tait, Douglas R ^a   Befus, Kevin M ^c   Hidden, Alicia ^a   Li, Ling ^b   Eyre, Bradley D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Geochemistry; Groundwater; Nitrogen; Stable isotope; Subterranean estuary

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

COOK ISLANDS; RAROTONGA;

EID: 84903643205     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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