Quantifying plant pigments and live diatoms in aphotic sediments of Scandinavian coastal waters confirms a major route in the pelagic-benthic coupling

Marine Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 649-658

  Josefson, A B ^a   Hansen, J L S ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DIATOM; PIGMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS; EUKARYOTA; SKELETONEMA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 0012379696     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0988-1     Document Type: Article

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