Biogeochemical control on the flux of trace elements from estuarine sediments: Water column oxygen concentrations and benthic infauna

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-38

  Riedel, Gerhardt F ^a   Sanders, James G ^a   Osman, Richard W ^a  

^a Estuarine Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

arsenic; Chesapeake Bay; copper; diffusion; manganese; porewaters; sediments

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROL; COPPER; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; FLUXES; MANGANESE; OREWATER; POREWATER; TRACE ELEMENT FLUX; TRACE ELEMENTS;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

EID: 0030620428     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0114     Document Type: Article

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