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Nitrate reductase activity and the speciation of selenium at the mouth of Chesapeake bay

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Nitrate reductase activity and the concentrations of selenite and selenate were monitored for six months at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay (USA). A positive correlation was found between nitrate reductase activity and the concentration of selenite, suggesting that selenite may be formed in coastal waters and nitrate reductase may be involved in the process.

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  1. Kazufumi Takayanagi

    Present address: Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, Nagai, 238-03, Yokosuka, Japan

  2. Margaret J. Filardo

    Present address: Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, 975 S.E. Sandy Blvd., 97214, Portland, Oregon, USA

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  1. Department of Oceanography, Old Dominion University, 23529-0276, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

    Kazufumi Takayanagi, George T. F. Wong & Margaret J. Filardo

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Takayanagi, K., Wong, G.T.F. & Filardo, M.J. Nitrate reductase activity and the speciation of selenium at the mouth of Chesapeake bay. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan 45, 129–133 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02108886

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