Onset of Benthic Nitrate Reduction Processes Following Natural Oxygenation of Long-Term Anoxic Bottoms

Astrid Hylen1, Stefano Bonaglia2, Ugo Marzocchi3,4, Mikhail Y. Kononets1 and Per O J Hall1, (1)University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden, (2)Stockholm University, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, (3)Aarhus University, Center for Geomicrobiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus C, Denmark, (4)Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry, Brussels, Belgium