Benthic mineralization rates at two locations in the southern North Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 181-191

  Osinga, Ronald ^a,c   Kop, Arjen J ^a   Duineveld, Gerard C A ^a   Prins, Rudolf A ^b   Van Duyl, Fleur C ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bacterial production; benthic oxygen uptake; sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; MINERALIZATION; SULPHATE REDUCTION;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030303340     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1385-1101(96)90788-1     Document Type: Article

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