Response of an arctic sediment nitrogen cycling community to increased CO2

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 724-735

  Tait, Karen ^a   Laverock, Bonnie ^a,b   Widdicombe, Stephen ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeal ammonia oxidation; Arctic; Bacterial; Nitrification; Ocean acidification; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DENITRIFICATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARCTIC; NY-ALESUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84907391657     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9709-x     Document Type: Article

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