Seasonal variations in the nitrogen isotopic composition of dissolved nitrate in the Changjiang River estuary, China

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 148-155

  Yu, Haiyan ^a   Yu, Zhiming ^a   Song, Xiuxian ^a   Cao, Xihua ^a   Yuan, Yongquan ^a   Lu, Guangyuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Eutrophication; Mineralization; Nitrification; Nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84922447221     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.01.017     Document Type: Article

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