Is ammonification rate in marine sediment related to plankton composition and abundance? A time-series study in Villefranche Bay (NW Mediterranean)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 359-371

  Fernex, François E ^a   Braconnot, Jean Claude ^b   Dallot, Serge ^b   Boisson, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c Surveillance de l'Environnement   (Monaco)

Author keywords

ammonification rate; copepods; North western Mediterranean; salp population; surficial sediments

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; SALPIDA; THALIA DEMOCRATICA;

AMMONIA; SALP; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

FRANCE, PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR, ALPES-MARITIMES, CAP FERRAT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030222854     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0075     Document Type: Article

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