Temporal dynamics of nitrogen loss in the coastal upwelling ecosystem off central chile: Evidence of autotrophic denitrification through sulfide oxidation

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1865-1878

  Galán, Alexander ^a   Fauńdez, Juan ^a   Thamdrup, B ^b   Santibáñez, Juan Francisco ^a   Farías, Laura ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c University of Concepción   (Chile)

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EID: 84908365455     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.6.1865     Document Type: Article

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