Anaerobic nitrogen turnover by sinking diatom aggregates at varying ambient oxygen levels

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue FEB, 2016, Pages

  Stief, Peter ^a   Kamp, Anja ^b   Thamdrup, Bo ^a   Glud, Ronnie N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fixed nitrogen loss; Intracellular nitrate; Low oxygen environments; Marine snow; Microsensors; Sinking diatom aggregates; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; DIATOM; FREEZE THAWING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SKELETONEMA; TURNOVER NUMBER;

EID: 84962129572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00098     Document Type: Article

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