The effects of sewage organic matter on biogeochemical processes within mid-shelf sediments offshore Sydney, Australia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 7-12, 1996, Pages 168-181

  Bickford, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SILICATE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECTS; SEWAGE; SHELF SEDIMENTS;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY;

EID: 0030318476     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(97)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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