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Project

The nitrogen footprint in coastal ecosystems: role of denitrifying bacteria and their interactions with meiofauna.
Code
01D34813
Duration
01 October 2013 → 17 June 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Geology
    • Biochemistry and metabolism
    • Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
Keywords
meiofauna trophic interactions denitrification bacteria marine
 
Project description
 

This PhD project will focus on denitrification in marine sediments, with

special emphasis on denitrifying bacteria and their trophic interactions with

small invertebrate grazers. A multidisciplinary approach will be used, in

which both field measurements and lab experiments will be conducted to

identify and quantify the importance of these interactions on denitrification.