Denitrification, anammox, and N2 production in marine sediments

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 403-423

  Devol, Allan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

anoxic sediment; nitrogen budget; Nitrogen cycle; nitrogen isotope

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DENITRIFICATION RATE; DENITRIFYING ORGANISMS; MEASUREMENT-BASED; NITROGEN BUDGETS; NITROGEN CYCLES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DENITRIFICATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; PERMEABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEA; SEDIMENT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; DENITRIFICATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84948614451     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010213-135040     Document Type: Article

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