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Internal Cycling of Nitrogen and Nitrogen Transformations. In: Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science

  • M. Voss
  • N. Wannicke
  • B. Deutsch
  • D. Bronk
  • R. Sipler
  • R. Purvaja
  • R. Ramesh
  • Tim Rixen

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Global Change Impacts and Adaptation

Abstract

Nitrogen is an essential element for all life forms and undergoes various transformation processes mostly mediated by microbes along biogeochemical gradients in the water column and in sediments. Along estuarine gradients a variety of regulating factors such as salinity or nutrient concentrations change rapidly. These processes are summarized and the interactions among processes are presented. A focus lies on dissolved organic nitrogen as an important component for the nutrition of bacteria and phytoplankton. Moreover, organic nitrogen mediates the transport of nitrogen from primary producers into the microbial food web. Most studies summarized here focus on nitrogen in temperate estuaries, but we also present a summary of nitrogen processes in tropical mangrove ecosystems.

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Voss M., Wannicke N., Deutsch B., Bronk D., Sipler R., Purvaja R., Ramesh R. and Rixen T. (2011) Internal Cycling of Nitrogen and Nitrogen Transformations. In: Wolanski E. & McLusky D. (eds.). Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science (pp. 231-259). 10.1016/B978-0-12-374711-2.00508-8

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Date 01.01.2011
Pages 231-259
Book Title Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science
Editors Wolanski E. and McLusky D.
ISBN 978-0-08-087885-0
Open Access Closed Access
Open Access Status Closed Access
Eprints_link https://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/2955

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