Partitioning of the denitrification pathway and other nitrite metabolisms within global oxygen deficient zones

IH Zhang, X Sun, A Jayakumar, SG Fortin… - ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Oxygen deficient zones (ODZs) account for about 30% of total oceanic fixed nitrogen loss via
processes including denitrification, a microbially mediated pathway proceeding stepwise …

[HTML][HTML] Microscale dynamics promote segregated denitrification in diatom aggregates sinking slowly in bulk oxygenated seawater

D Ciccarese, O Tantawi, IH Zhang, D Plata… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Sinking marine particles drive the biological pump that naturally sequesters carbon from the
atmosphere. Despite their small size, the compartmentalized nature of particles promotes …

[HTML][HTML] Formulation, optimization, and sensitivity of NitrOMZv1. 0, a biogeochemical model of the nitrogen cycle in oceanic oxygen minimum zones

D Bianchi, D McCoy, S Yang - Geoscientific Model …, 2023 - gmd.copernicus.org
Nitrogen (N) plays a central role in marine biogeochemistry by limiting biological productivity
in the surface ocean; influencing the cycles of other nutrients, carbon, and oxygen; and …

Updated temperature correction for computing seawater nitrate with in situ ultraviolet spectrophotometer and submersible ultraviolet nitrate analyzer nitrate sensors

JN Plant, CM Sakamoto, KS Johnson… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sensors that use ultraviolet (UV) light absorption to measure nitrate in seawater at in situ
temperatures require a correction to the calibration coefficients if the calibration and sample …

Prolific nitrite reoxidation across the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean

N Evans, J Tichota, JW Moffett… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrite is a key intermediate during fixed nitrogen loss in the ocean, and it accumulates within
marine Oxygen Deficient Zones (ODZ). ODZs are vast subsurface regions where nitrate is …

Apparent nitrous acid dissociation across environmentally relevant temperatures in freshwater and seawater

B Borer, E Bi, RJ Woosley… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrite is a ubiquitous compound found across aquatic systems and an intermediate in both
the oxidative and reductive metabolisms transforming fixed nitrogen in the environment. Yet …