Organic matter mineralization in intertidal sediments along an estuarine gradient

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 157-168

  Middelburg, Jack J ^a   Klaver, Gerard ^a,b   Nieuwenhuize, Joop ^a   Wielemaker, Annette ^a   De Haas, Wim ^a   Vlug, Tom ^a   Van Der Nat, Jaco F W A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Carbon budget; Estuary; Intertidal sediments; Methane; Mineralization; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTUARIES; ESTUARY; INTERTIDAL SEDIMENT; INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; METHANE; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER;

NETHERLANDS, WESTERSCHELDE ESTUARY;

EID: 0029667064     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps132157     Document Type: Article

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