Tamar estuary, south west England

Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column; Dissolved inorganic nitrogen concentration in the water column; Dissolved total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column; Stable isotopes in water bodies; Nitrification and denitrification rates in water bodies; Nitrogen concentrations in sediment; Nitrogen concentrations in suspended particulate material

Discrete water samplers; autoanalysers; nutrient analysers

The data set comprises nitrogen concentration data collected on short term (6 to 12 month) seasonal studies of nitrification and denitrification rates in the Tamar estuary (south west England).

Owens, N.J.P. (1985) Variations in the natural abundance of 15N in estuarine suspended particulate matter: A specific indicator of biological processing., Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science, 20(4): 505-510.; Owens, N.J.P. (1986) Estuarine nitrification: A naturally occurring fluidized bed reaction?, Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science, 22(1): 31-44.; Owens, N.J.P and Law, C. (1989) Natural variations in 15N content of riverine and estuarine sediments., Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science, 28(4): 407-416.; Law, C.S., Rees, A.P., and Owens, N.J.P. (1991) Temporal variability of denitrification in estuarine sediments., Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science, 33(1): 37-56.; Law, C.S., Rees, A.P., and Owens, N.J.P. (1992) Nitrous oxide: Estuarine sources and atmospheric flux., Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science, 35(3): 301-314.

Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Prospect Place The Hoe
Plymouth
England
PL1 3DH
United Kingdom