Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41171389);the Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean(No.201305043);the Program for Liaoning Excellent Talents in University(No.LR2013035)
This study examines the impacts of short-term(6 months) fertilization on the community structure and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria(β-AOB) and the potential nitrification rate in sediment colonized...