The fate of nitrate in intertidal permeable sediments.

Coastal zones act as a sink for riverine and atmospheric nitrogen inputs and thereby buffer the open ocean from the effects of anthropogenic activity. Recently, microbial activity in sandy permeable sediments has been identified as a dominant source of N-loss in coastal zones, namely through denitri...

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Main Authors: Hannah K Marchant, Gaute Lavik, Moritz Holtappels, Marcel M M Kuypers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4134218?pdf=render