Fig. 4From: Denitrification characterization of dissolved oxygen microprofiles in lake surface sediment through analyzing abundance, expression, community composition and enzymatic activities of denitrifier functional genesCommunity structures in different layers of sediments based on sequence analysis of nirS (a), nirk (b) and nosZ (c). d Pearson correlation matrix between DNA abundance, RNA transcriptional level of denitrification genes and sediment physicochemical factors. AEZ aerobic zone, HYZ hypoxic zone, ANZ-1 up-anoxic zone, ANZ-2 sub-anoxic zoneBack to article page