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Contribution of Urea to Nitrite Production in Southern Ocean Waters with Contrasting Nitrifying Communities
James T. Hollibaugh, Aimee Oyinlade Okotie-Oyekan, Julian Damashek…·T. Allen
The paper compares the contributions of ammonia and urea to nitrite production in Southern Ocean waters, finding urea-N contributes ~25% of nitrite production, comparable to temperate oceans.