Small sinking particles control anammox rates in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone

Up to 40% of the ocean’s fixed nitrogen is lost in oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) by anammox, but despite the importance of this process, nitrogen loss patterns in OMZs are difficult to predict. Here the authors show that ammonium release from small particles is a major control of anammox in the Peruvi...

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Main Authors: Clarissa Karthäuser, Soeren Ahmerkamp, Hannah K. Marchant, Laura A. Bristow, Helena Hauss, Morten H. Iversen, Rainer Kiko, Joeran Maerz, Gaute Lavik, Marcel M. M. Kuypers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23340-4