Methane dynamics in the sediment and water column of Kiel Harbour (Baltic Sea)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 263-273

  Schmaljohann, R ^a,b  

^a Fraunhofer Inst F A   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Flux rates; Methane; Methane oxidation; Methanogenesis; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; FLUX RATES; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; OXIDATION; PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

BALTIC SEA, KIEL HARBOUR; GERMANY, KIEL HARBOUR;

EID: 0029668216     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps131263     Document Type: Article

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