Sources and fates of nitrogen in Virginia coastal bays

Coastal Lagoons: Critical Habitats of Environmental Change

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 43-72

  Anderson, Iris C ^a   Stanhope, Jennifer W ^a   Hardison, Amber K ^a   McGlathery, Karen J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Base flow; Benthic microalgae; Biomarkers; Coastal bays; Compound specific isotopes; D alanine; Macroalgae; Nitrification denitrification; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen fixation; Remineralization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052141428     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/EBK1420088304     Document Type: Chapter

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