Nitrogen losses through sediment denitrification in Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• denitrification 74%
• harbor 73%
• nitrogen 49%
• loss 44%
• sediment 39%
• station 29%
• rate 27%
• nitrogen load 26%
• gas 10%
• sediment core 9%
• coastal zone 9%
• coastal water 9%
• algal bloom 9%
• residence time 9%
• porewater 9%
• water column 8%
• estuary 8%
• coast 6%
• atmosphere 6%
• summer 5%
• carbon 5%
• basin 5%
• temperature 3%
• water 3%
• effect 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• denitrification 100%
• harbors (waterways) 88%
• sediments 76%
• nitrogen 48%
• dissolved inorganic nitrogen 16%
• gases 15%
• algal blooms 12%
• coastal water 11%
• estuaries 10%
• total nitrogen 10%
• basins 9%
• water 8%
• coasts 8%
• summer 6%
• carbon 6%
• temperature 4%