A biogeochemical survey of the anoxic basin Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 19-33

  Thamdrup, Bo ^a   Canfield, Donald E ^a   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a   Glud, Ronnie N ^a   Gundersen, Jens K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Denitrification; Microbial processes; Sediment; Sulfate reduction; Water column

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002482210     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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