Importance and controls of anaerobic ammonium oxidation influenced by riverbed geology

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 357-360

  Lansdown, K ^a,b   McKew, B A ^c   Whitby, C ^c   Heppell, C M ^b   Dumbrell, A J ^c   Binley, A ^d   Olde, L ^a   Trimmer, M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXIDATION; RIVER BED; RUNOFF; TRACER;

AVON BASIN; ENGLAND; HAMPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84971333851     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2684     Document Type: Article

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