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TABLE 4.17
Sediment Denitrification Rate (mg N m − 2 day − 1 )

Min. Max. Avg. Location Method of Determination Reference As Cited in Explanation

29.90 St. Leonard's

Creek, Patuxent
River Estuary

Jenkins and Kemp, 1984 Jenkins and Kemp 96

25.87 Buena Vista,

Patuxent River
Estuary

Jenkins and Kemp, 1984 Jenkins and Kemp 96

1.18 11.59 Izembek Lagoon,

Alaska

Iizumi et al., 1980 Seitzinger 18

2.02 4.03 Delaware Inlet,

New Zealand

Kaspar, 1983 Seitzinger 18

0.00 87.36 32.93 Delaware Bay Seitzinger, unpublished

data

Seitzinger 18

2.02 11.76 Kenepuru Sound,

New Zealand

Kaspar et al., 1985b Seitzinger 18

48.72 199.58 Tamar Estuary Nishio et al., 1983 Seitzinger 18

43.68 265.44 164.64 Tamar Estuary Determined by continuous

flow sediment-water
system, 15 N technique

Nishio, 1982; Nishio
et al., 1982

Hattori 14 May 1980-June 1981

204.96 Tamar Estuary Estimated from bottle

incubation data

Nishio et al., 1981 Hattori 14 December 1978

12.43 Odawa Bay, Japan Nishio et al., 1983 Seitzinger 18