METHODS FOR MEASURING DENITRIFICATION: DIVERSE APPROACHES TO A DIFFICULT PROBLEM

Ecological Applications - Tập 16 Số 6 - Trang 2091-2122 - 2006
Peter M. Groffman1, Mark A. Altabet2, J. K. Böhlke3, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl4, Mark B. David5, Mary K. Firestone6, Anne E. Giblin7, Todd M. Kana8, Lars Peter Nielsen9, Mary A. Voytek3
1Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Box AB, Millbrook, New York 12545, USA
2School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, Massachusetts 02744-1221 USA
3U.S. Geological Survey, 431 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192 USA
4Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research, Karlsruhe Research Centre, Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, Garmisch-Partenkirchen D-82467, Germany
5University of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, 1102 S Goodwin, W-503 Turner Hall, MC 047, Urbana, Illinois 61801 USA
6University of California, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 151 Hilgard Hall, Berkeley, California 94720 USA
7Marine Biological Laboratory, The Ecosystems Center, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 USA
8University of Maryland, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences, Horn Point Laboratory, College Park, Maryland 20742 USA
9Department of Microbial Ecology, Institute of Biology, University of Aarhus, Ny Munkegade, Building 540, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

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