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- Top Term
- denitrification
- Definition
- The biochemical reduction of nitrate to nitrite or of nitrite to gaseous nitrogen Refers to the conversion of nitrate (NO3-) or nitrite (NO2-) into dinitrogen (N2) and/or gaseous oxides of nitrogen by means of bacterial respiration.
- Related Terms
- filter
- Moodle Glossary Subset
- Source Catchments
- Source
- (Stolp 1996)
- (toolkit 20091023)
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