Coupled nitrification-denitrification leads to extensive N loss in subtidal permeable sediments

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1033-1048

  Marchant, Hannah K ^a   Holtappels, Moritz ^a,b   Lavik, Gaute ^a   Ahmerkamp, Soeren ^a   Winter, Christian ^b   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COUPLING; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PENETRATION; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSFORMATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84969134725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10271     Document Type: Article

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