Sediment sulfur dynamics related to biomass-density patterns in Zostera marina (eelgrass) beds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 163-171

  Holmer, Marianne ^a   Nielsen, Søren Laurentius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DOC; Eelgrass; Sediments; Sulfate reduction; Sulfides

Indexed keywords

ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERACEAE;

EELGRASS; ESTUARY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SULPHATE; SULPHATE REDUCTION; SULPHIDE; SULPHUR CYCLE;

EID: 0030621030     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps146163     Document Type: Article

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