Nutrients regeneration

Nutrient regeneration The process whereby particulate organic nitrogen and phosphorous are transformed into dissolved inorganic species, such as nitrate and phosphate. Microorganisms are largely responsible for this process. 

Wetzel, R. G. 1993. Microcommunities and microgradients Linking nutrient regeneration, microbial mutualism, and high sustained aquatic primary production. Netherland Journal of Aquatic Ecology 27 3-9. 

New production the NPP that is supported by nutrients from outside the estuary proper (e.g., river inputs) and production supported by nutrients regenerated from within the estuary (e.g., nutrient fluxes across the sediment/water boundary from remineralized organic matter in sediments), respectively. 

Boynton, W.R., and Kemp, W.M. (1985) Nutrient regeneration and oxygen consumption by sediments along an estuarine gradient. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 23, 45-55. 

Christensen, J.P., Smethie, W.M., and Devol, A.H. (1987) Benthic nutrient regeneration and denitrification on the Washington continental shelf. Deep Sea Res. 34, 1027-1047. 

Fisher, R.R., Carlson, P.R., and Barber, R.T. (1982) sediment nutrient regeneration in three North Carolina estuaries. Estuar. Coastal Shelf Sci. 14, 101-116. 

Hopkinson, C. S., Giblin, A.E., Tucker, J., and Garritt, H. (2001) Benthic metabolism and nutrient regeneration on the continental shelf off eastern Massachusetts, USA. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 224, 1-19. 

Rowe, G.T., Clifford, C.H., Smith, K.L., and Hamilton, P.L. (1975) Benthic nutrient regeneration and its coupling to primary productivity in coastal waters. Nature 255, 215-217. 

Zimmerman, A.R., and Benner, R. (1994) Denitrification, nutrient regeneration and carbon mineralization in sediment of Galveston Bay, Texas, USA. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 114, 275-288. 

Berner, R.A. Stoichiometric models for nutrient regeneration in anoxic sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 

Gotschalk, C. C., and AUdredge, A. L. (1989). Enhanced primary production and nutrient regeneration within aggregated marine diatoms. Mar. Biol. 103, 119—129. 

Hopkinson, J. (1987). Nutrient regeneration in shallow-water sediments of the estuarine plume region of the nearshore Georgia Bight, USA. Mar. Biol. 94, 127—142. 

Schneider, G. (1989). The common jellyfish Aurelia aurita Standing stock excretion and nutrient regeneration in the Kiel Bight, Western Baltic. Mar. Biol. 100, 507—514. 

Ratios between O2 consumption and inorganic carbon and nutrients regeneration, called the remineralization ratios, provide useful insights into biogeochemical cycles in the oceans (e.g., export of material to the deep sea and depth-dependent preferential regeneration, if any, of one constituent over the others). For the Indian Ocean, these ratios have been derived from observed variations in concentrations of O2, nutrients and inorganic carbon. Utilizing linear relationships between NOs and... 

Dugdale, R. C. (1983). Effects of source nutrient concentrations and nutrient regeneration on production of organic matter in coastal upweUing centers. In Coastal UpweUing, Pt.A. (Suess, E., and Thiede, J., eds.). Plenum Press, New York. pp. 175-182. 

Flint, R. W., and Kamykowski, D. (1984). Benthic nutrient regeneration in South Texas coastal waters. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 18, 221—230. 

Sundback, K., Miles, A., Hulth, S., Pihl, L., Engstrom, P., Selander, E., and Svenson, A. (2003). Importance ofbenthic nutrient regeneration during initiation of macroalgal blooms in shallow bays. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 246, 115—126. 

Ferrer, L. M., and Szmant, A. M. (1988). Nutrient regeneration by the endolithic community in coral skeletons. Proc. (6th) Int. Coral Reef Symp. 1—4. 

Risk, M. J., and Muller, H. R. (1983). Porewater in coral heads-evidence for nutrient regeneration. Limnol. Oceanogr. 28(5), 1004-1008. 

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