Benthic fluxes of dissolved organic nitrogen in the lower St. Lawrence estuary and implications for selective organic matter degradation

The distribution of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and carbon (DOC) in sediment porewaters was determined at nine locations along the St. Lawrence estuary and in the gulf of St. Lawrence. In a previous manuscript (Alkhatib et al., 2012a), we have shown that this study area is characterized by grad...

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Main Authors: M. Alkhatib, P. A. del Giorgio, Y. Gelinas, M. F. Lehmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-11-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/10/7609/2013/bg-10-7609-2013.pdf