Engelstalige titel: The balance between heterotrophic and autotophic processes in the Scheldt estuary: consequences for the carbon and nitrogen cycles Overkoepelend project: Vlaams - Nederlandse samenwerking op het gebied van zeewetenschappen, meer Identifier financieringsorganisatie: G043802N (Other contract id) Periode: Januari 2002 tot Maart 2006 Status: Afgelopen
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen & Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Chemie; Analytical, Environmental and Geochemistry (AMGC), meer
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), meer, financier
This NWO-supported Flemish-Dutch cooperation project aims to assess the balance between production and respiration processes at the scale of the entire Schelde estuary and at the level of isolated communities, considering simultaneously the carbon and nitrogen dynamics. More specific objectives include: (1) To assess system and functional group specific primary production; (2) To assess the assimilation of carbon and nitrogen by algae and bacteria; (3) To study the three major nitrogen cycling processes (denitrification, nitrification and ammonium regeneration).
