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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3543-2019
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Research article
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19 Sep 2019
Research article |
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| 19 Sep 2019
Particulate organic matter controls benthic microbial N retention and N removal in contrasting estuaries of the Baltic Sea
Ines Bartl
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Biological Oceanography, Leibniz Institute for Baltic
Sea Research Warnemünde, Seestr. 15, 18119 Rostock, Germany
Dana Hellemann
Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, University of Helsinki,
00014 Helsinki, Finland
Christophe Rabouille
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR
CEA-CNRS-UVSQ and IPSL, Av. de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
Kirstin Schulz
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Klußmannstr. 3d, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Petra Tallberg
Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, University of Helsinki,
00014 Helsinki, Finland
Susanna Hietanen
Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, University of Helsinki,
00014 Helsinki, Finland
Maren Voss
Department of Biological Oceanography, Leibniz Institute for Baltic
Sea Research Warnemünde, Seestr. 15, 18119 Rostock, Germany
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Irrespective of variable environmental settings in estuaries, the quality of organic particles is an important factor controlling microbial processes that facilitate a reduction of land-derived nitrogen loads to the open sea. Through the interplay of biogeochemical processing, geomorphology, and hydrodynamics, organic particles may function as a carrier and temporary reservoir of nitrogen, which has a major impact on the efficiency of nitrogen load reduction.
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