N2 production rates limited by nitrite availability in the Bay of Bengal oxygen minimum zone

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 24-29

  Bristow, L A ^a,b   Callbeck, C M ^b   Larsen, M ^a   Altabet, M A ^c   Dekaezemacker, J ^b   Forth, M ^a   Gauns, M ^d   Glud, R N ^a   Kuypers, M M M ^b   Lavik, G ^b   Milucka, J ^b   Naqvi, S W A ^d   Pratihary, A ^d   Revsbech, N P ^e   Thamdrup, B ^a   Treusch, A H ^a   Canfield, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN CYCLE; OPEN OCEAN; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; SEAWATER; WATER COLUMN;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 85014388154     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2847     Document Type: Article

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