The role of nitrifier denitrification in the production of nitrous oxide revisited

N Wrage-Mönnig, MA Horn, R Well, C Müller… - Soil Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nitrifier denitrification is the reduction of nitrite (NO 2−) by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. This
process may account for up to 100% of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions from ammonium (NH …

The nitrogen cycle: A review of isotope effects and isotope modeling approaches

TRA Denk, J Mohn, C Decock… - Soil Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The nitrogen (N) cycle involves a set of N compounds transformed by plants and microbes.
Some of these N compounds, such as nitrous oxide (N 2 O) or nitrate (NO 3−), are …

The evolution of Earth's biogeochemical nitrogen cycle

EE Stüeken, MA Kipp, MC Koehler, R Buick - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for all life on Earth and it acts as a major control on
biological productivity in the modern ocean. Accurate reconstructions of the evolution of life …

Mechanisms of N2O production in biological wastewater treatment under nitrifying and denitrifying conditions

P Wunderlin, J Mohn, A Joss, L Emmenegger… - Water research, 2012 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse gas and a major sink for stratospheric
ozone. In biological wastewater treatment, microbial processes such as autotrophic …

Tracing anthropogenic inputs of nitrogen to ecosystems

C Kendall, EM Elliott, SD Wankel - Stable isotopes in ecology …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrate (NO3−) concentrations in public water supplies have risen above acceptable levels
in many areas of the world, largely as a result of overuse of fertilizers and contamination by …

Methods for measuring denitrification: diverse approaches to a difficult problem

PM Groffman, MA Altabet, JK Böhlke… - Ecological …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Denitrification, the reduction of the nitrogen (N) oxides, nitrate (NO3−) and nitrite (NO2−), to
the gases nitric oxide (NO), nitrous oxide (N2O), and dinitrogen (N2), is important to primary …

Nitric oxide and nitrous oxide turnover in natural and engineered microbial communities: biological pathways, chemical reactions, and novel technologies

F Schreiber, P Wunderlin, KM Udert… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an environmentally important atmospheric trace gas because it is an
effective greenhouse gas and it leads to ozone depletion through photo-chemical nitric …

Isotopic overprinting of nitrification on denitrification as a ubiquitous and unifying feature of environmental nitrogen cycling

J Granger, SD Wankel - Proceedings of the National …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Natural abundance nitrogen and oxygen isotopes of nitrate (δ15NNO3 and δ18ONO3)
provide an important tool for evaluating sources and transformations of natural and …

Complexities of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry in ancient freshwater ecosystems: Implications for the study of past subsistence and …

E Guiry - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of human and animal tissues have become an
important means of studying both anthropogenic and natural food webs in aquatic …

Coupled nitrogen and oxygen isotope measurements of nitrate along the eastern North Pacific margin

DM Sigman, J Granger, PJ DiFiore… - Global …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Water column depth profiles along the North Pacific margin from Point Conception to the tip
of Baja California indicate elevation of nitrate (NO3−) 15N/14N and 18O/16O associated …