Horizontal and vertical inhomogeneity of nutrient concentrations in porewater of an intertidal sandflat (Gröninger plate, rückseitenwatt von Spiekeroog, südliche nordsee)

Senckenbergiana Maritima

Volumn 26, Issue 3-6, 1996, Pages 179-194

  Voorst, Ingo Langner Van ^a   Höpner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK BARRIER; BARRIER ISLANDS; CONCENTRATIONS; INHOMOGENEITY; NUTRIENTS; POREWATER; TIDAL FLATS;

GERMANY, LOWER SAXONY, EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS, SPIEKEROOG;

EID: 0030405182     PISSN: 0080889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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