Parameter: Denitrification

Dataset: 
Sediment Core Biogeochemistry
Parameter: 
Nitrification and denitrification rates
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 Nitrification and denitrification rates
Short Description:
 Nitrification and denitrification rates
Official Name:
 Nitrification and denitrification rates
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Parameters quantifying rates associated with nitrification (oxidation of reduced nitrogen such as ammonium) and denitrification (conversion of nitrate into gaseous compounds such as nitric oxide, nitrous oxide and molecular nitrogen) processes in the water column of any body of fresh or salt water.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Denitrification
Supplied Units: 
millimoles per square meter per day (mmoles m-2 d-1)
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Measured mean potential denitrification rate in mmoles/m2/day in duplicate sediment slurry incubation