Estimating Sediment Denitrification Rates Using Cores and N2O MicrosensorsCarlos Palacin-Lizarbe 1, Lluís Camarero 2, Jordi Catalan 1,3
1Campus UAB, CREAF, 2Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes, (CEAB, CSIC), 3CSIC
This method estimates sediment denitrification rates in sediment cores using the acetylene inhibition technique and microsensor measurements of the accumulated N2O. The protocol describes procedures for collecting the cores, calibrating the sensors, performing the acetylene inhibition, measuring the N2O accumulation, and calculating the denitrification rate.
