Nitrous oxide production in nearshore marine sediments

Authors

Sybil P. Seitzinger, University of Rhode Island
Michael E.Q. Pilson, University of Rhode Island
Scott W. Nixon, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-1983

Abstract

Coastal marine sediments are shown to be a net source of nitrous oxide. The rates of nitrous oxide flux from sediments in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, ranged from 20 to more than 900 nanomoles per square meter per hour. Sediments from a eutrophic area had higher rates of net nitrous oxide production than sediments from relatively unpolluted sites. The benthic nitrous oxide source exceeds the nitrous oxide source to the bay from sewage treatment plant effluent.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Science

Volume

222

Issue

4629

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Seitzinger, Sybil P., Michael E. Pilson, and Scott W. Nixon. "Nitrous oxide production in nearshore marine sediments." Science 222, 4629 (1983). doi: 10.1126/science.222.4629.1244.