Nutrient and oxygen exchanges at the water-sediment interface in a shellfish farming lagoon (Thau, France)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 91-113

  Mazouni, Nabila ^a   Gaertner, Jean Claude ^a   Deslous Paoli, Jean Marc ^a   Landrein, Sonia ^a   Geringer D'Oedenberg, Malgorsata ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Benthic fluxes; Bottom anoxia; Nutrient; Oxygen; Sediment; Water

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; FRANCE; LAGOON; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; SHELLFISH;

ANOXIA; CROXIA; LAGOON; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT FLUX; OXYGEN; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENT/WATER INTERFACE; SHELLFISH FARMING;

FRANCE, LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON, HERAULT, THAU LAGOON;

EID: 0030435975     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02594-4     Document Type: Article

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