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Denitrification in Soil and Sediment

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Niels Peter Revsbech

    1. Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Århus C, Denmark

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  2. Jan Sørensen

    1. Department of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Section of Microbiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Part of the book series: F.E.M.S. Symposium Series (FEMS, volume 56)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  3. Ecophysiology of Denitrification

    1. Role of Environmental Factors in Regulating Nitrate Respiration in Intertidal Sediments

      • Rodney A. Herbert, David B. Nedwell
      Pages 77-90

    2. Physiological and Ecological Aspects of Aerobic Denitrification, a Link with Heterotrophic Nitrification?

      • Lesley A. Robertson, J. G. Kuenen
      Pages 91-104

  5. Denitrification in Soil

    1. Acetylene Inhibition Technique: Development, Advantages, and Potential Problems

      • Roger Knowles
      Pages 151-166

    2. The Use of Acetylene for the Quantification of N2 and N2O Production from Biological Processes in Soil

      • Leif Klemedtsson, Gunbritt Hansson, Arvin Mosier
      Pages 167-180

    3. Measuring Denitrification in Soils Using 15N Techniques

      • David D. Myrold
      Pages 181-198

    4. Rhizosphere Denitrification; A Minor Process but Indicator of Decomposition Activity

      • Søren Christensen, Peter Groffman, Arvin Mosier, Donald R. Zak
      Pages 199-211

    5. Characterizing the Variability of Soil Denitrification

      • Timothy B. Parkin
      Pages 213-228

    6. Anaerobic Zones and Denitrification in Soil: Modelling and Measurement

      • Keith A. Smith
      Pages 229-244

    7. Diffusion-Reaction Models of Denitrification in Soil Microsites

      • Jonathan R. M. Arah
      Pages 245-258
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The formation of atmospheric nitrogen gas by denitrifying bacteria may represent a significant nutrient sink in natural ecosystems. The rate of denitrification has often been difficult to measure in situ, however, and new methodologies should stimulate research on distribution of activity in space and time. The load of fertilizer nitrogen in modem agriculture has led to increasing nutrient reservoirs in recipient subsoils, aquifers, inland waters and coastal seas. By its conversion of nitrate to atmospheric nitrogen, bacterial denitrification is the only biological process to potentially reduce the impact of increasing nutrient loadings by fertilizer nitrogen in the environment. As part of a scientific program set up by the Danish Ministry of Environment to study environment cycling of nitrogen, phosphorous and organic matter (NPO program) in the light of agricultural, domestic and industrial activities, a symposium on DENITRIFICATION IN SOIL AND SEDIMENT was held at the University of Aarhus, Denmark from 6-9 June 19i\9. On the basis of lectures given at the symposium, this book contains a number of invited contributions on the regulation of denitrification activity (control of enzyme synthesis and activity) and measurement of in situ rates of denitrification in terrestrial and aquatic environments (control factors, diel and seasonal variations, etc). Emphasis has been placed on including the recent improvements in methodologies and current understanding of process regulation, however the book also contains examples of integrated research on the significance of denitrification in environmental nutrient cycling.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Århus C, Denmark

    Niels Peter Revsbech

  • Department of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Section of Microbiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Jan Sørensen

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