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Niels Peter Revsbech
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Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Århus C, Denmark
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Jan Sørensen
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Department of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Section of Microbiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Denitrification in Biofilm and Sediment
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Back Matter
Pages 339-349
About this book
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
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Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Århus C, Denmark
Niels Peter Revsbech
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Department of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Section of Microbiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jan Sørensen