SCOPE 33

Nitrogen Cycling in

Coastal Marine Environments

Edited by:

T. Henry Blackburn, Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Jan Sorenson, Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Proceedings from a SCOPE symposium held at the University of Aarhus, 3-7 June 1985

Prepared by:

Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)

Published on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

by:

JOHN WILEY & SONS

Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore

Copyright 1988: Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment

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Front Matter

Table of Contents

Introduction

Contributors

PART 1: PELAGIC NITROGEN CYCLING

Chapter 1. Primary Productivity and Pelagic Nitrogen Cycling --

P.M. Gilbert

Chapter 2. Pelagic Primary Production in Nearshore Waters-- E. Paasche

Chapter 3. Microfauna in Pelagic Food Chain -- T. Fenchel

PART 2: BENTHIC NITROGEN CYCLING

Chapter 4. Benthic Primary Production and Oxygen Profiles -- N.P. Revsbech, J. Nielsen and P.K. Hansen

Chapter 5. Benthic Nitrogen Fixation -- D.G. Capone

Chapter 6. Amino Acid and Amine Biogeochemistry in Marine Particulate Material and Sediments -- C. Lee

Chapter 7. Distributions and Metabolism of Quaternary Amines in Marine Sediments -- G.M. King

Chapter 8. Benthic Mineralization and Bacterial Production -- T. H. Blackburn

Chapter 9. Nitrogen in Benthic Food Chains -- K.R. Tenore

Chapter 10. Nitrification in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Sediments -- K. Henriksen and W.M. Kemp

Chapter 11. Nitrate Reduction and Denitrification in Marine Sediments -- I. Koike and J. Sorensen

Chapter 12. Benthic Fauna and Biogeochemical Processes in Marine Sediments: microbial activities and fluxes -- E. Kristensen

Chapter 13. Benthic Fauna and Biogeochemical Processes in Marine Sediments: the role of burrow structures-- R.C. Aller

PART 3: MODELS OF NITROGEN CYCLING

Chapter 14. Modelling Benthic Nitrogen Cycling in Temperate Coastal Ecosystems -- C. Billen and C. Lancelot

Chapter 15. Nitrogen Models at the Community Level: plant animal-microbe interactions -- R.C. Newell, C.L. Moloney, J.G. Field, M.I. Lucas and T.A. Probyn

Chapter 16. Nitrogen Biogeochemistry and Modelling of Carmarthen Bay -- R.F.C. Mantoura, N.J.P. Owens and P.H. Burkill

Index