Project record of Nitrification and denitrification in the Westerschelde estuary

Information

Type
Project
Name
Nitrification and denitrification in the Westerschelde estuary
Name @nl
Nitrificatie en denitrificatie in het Westerschelde estuarium
Description @en
The objectives are: a) measurement of potential and actual nitrification and denitrification rates at different stations in the brackish part of the estuary, followed by localization of the active organisms (attached-free living); b) measurement of production rates of nitrous oxide as well as experiments with specific inhibitors and stable isotops (15N) to trace the origin of this gas; and C) identification of bacterial populations using molecular techniques, i.e. denaturing gradient gel electrophorese (DGGE), and r-DNA targeted specific probes.
Description @nl
De objectieven zijn: a) metingen van potentiƫle en actuele nitrificatie en denitrificatie op verschillende stations in het brakke gedeelte van het estuarium; gevolgd door plaatsbepaling van actieve organismen; b) metingen van productietempo van nitrogeen oxide en experimenten met specifieke remmers en stabiele isotopen (15N) voor de opsporing van dit gas; c) identificatie van bacteriƫle populaties door moleculaire technieken, zoals denaturing gradient gel electrophorese (DGGE), en r-DNA gericht specifiek onderzoek.
Start date
1994

Institutes & people involved

van Rijswijk Pieter
associated with: Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; NIOZ Yerseke

Expertise

Denitrification
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 2200
Nitrification
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 5563
geographic terms
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde

special collections

NIOO-CEME collection
ScheldeMonitor

record metadata

date created: 2005-10-04
date modified: 2005-10-11