Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Effects of acidification on nitrification and associated nitrous oxide emission in estuarine and coastal waters

  • Jie Zhou,
  • Yanling Zheng,
  • Lijun Hou,
  • Zhirui An,
  • Feiyang Chen,
  • Bolin Liu,
  • Li Wu,
  • Lin Qi,
  • Hongpo Dong,
  • Ping Han,
  • Guoyu Yin,
  • Xia Liang,
  • Yi Yang,
  • Xiaofei Li,
  • Dengzhou Gao,
  • Ye Li,
  • Zhanfei Liu,
  • Richard Bellerby,
  • Min Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37104-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Acidification of estuarine and coastal water due to synergistic effects of human induced eutrophication and elevated atmospheric CO2 could inhibit nitrification, a vital link of nitrogen cycle, but increase the release of powerful greenhouse gas N2O.