Vertical partitioning of nitrogen-loss processes across the oxic-anoxic interface of an oceanic oxygen minimum zone

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3041-3054

  De Brabandere, Loreto ^a,e   Canfield, Don E ^a   Dalsgaard, Tage ^b   Friederich, Gernot E ^c   Revsbech, Niels Peter ^b   Ulloa, Osvaldo ^d   Thamdrup, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; METABOLISM; SEA;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER;

EID: 84907874035     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12255     Document Type: Article

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