Nitrogen losses through sediment denitrification in Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay

Estuaries

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 626-639

  Nowicki, Barbara L ^a   Kelly, John R ^b   Requintina, Edwin ^a   Van Keuren, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; DENITRIFICATION; DINITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BOSTON HARBOUR; MASSACHUSETTS; MASSACHUSETTS BAY; USA;

ALGAE; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 85046173365     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352620     Document Type: Article

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