Seasonal benthic nitrogen cycling in a temperate shelf sea: the Celtic Sea

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 103-119

  Kitidis, V ^a   Tait, K ^a   Nunes, J ^a   Brown, I ^a   Woodward, E M S ^a   Harris, C ^a   Sabadel, A J M ^a,b   Sivyer, D B ^c   Silburn, B ^c   Kroger S ^c  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anammox; Denitrification; N cycle; Nitrification; Sediment; Shelf seas

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENITRIFICATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POREWATER; SEAFLOOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF SEA; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 85014256930     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-017-0311-3     Document Type: Article

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