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Microbial Mediation Of 'Reactive' Nitrogen Transformations In A Temperate Lagoon, Iris C. Anderson, Kj Mcglathery, Ac Tyler
Microbial Mediation Of 'Reactive' Nitrogen Transformations In A Temperate Lagoon, Iris C. Anderson, Kj Mcglathery, Ac Tyler
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Coastal lagoons positioned along the land margin may play an important role in removing or transforming 'reactive' nitrogen during its transport from land to the ocean. Hog Island Bay is a shallow, coastal lagoon located on the ocean-side of the Delmarva Peninsula in Virginia (USA). External nitrogen inputs are derived primarily from agriculturally enriched groundwater, and these support, in part, the high production of benthic macroalgae and microalgae as the dominant primary producers. This study focuses on processes in the water column (phytoplankton and bacterial) and in the sediments (microalgal and bacterial) responsible for transformations of dissolved inorganic and organic …