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

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

102.48 298.37 MERL mesocosm Seitzinger and Nixon,

1985

Seitzinger 18

0.13 47.38 West coast,

New Zealand

Kaspar et al., 1985a Seitzinger 18

0.27 0.40 San Francisco Bay Oremland et al., 1984 Seitzinger 18

188.16 Lim Fjord,

Denmark

Estimated from bottle
incubation data, and
acetylene inhibition
technique

Sorensen, 1978a Hattori 14 April 1977

0.00 120.96 New England Coast Estimated from bottle

incubation data, and settling
a bell jar on sediments

Kaplan et al., 1979 Hattori 14 January 1975-March

1976

225 702 Chesapeake Bay Acetylene inhibition

technique

Caffrey and Kemp, 1990 Herbert 8 Zostera Marina

vegetated

20 739 Chesapeake Bay Acetylene inhibition

technique

Caffrey and Kemp, 1990 Herbert 8 Nonvegetated

15 116 Guadalupe Estuary N 2 flux method Yoon and Benner, 1992 Herbert 8

248 1401 Norsminde Fjord Acetylene inhibition

technique

Jorgensen and Sorensen,
1988

Herbert 8

14 224 Norsminde Fjord

15 N isotope pairing method

Nielsen et al., 1995 Herbert 8

0 59 Arcachon Bay

15 N isotope pairing method

Rysgaard et al., 1996 Herbert 8