Organic carbon dynamics in shelf edge sediments off the hebrides : A seasonal perspective

Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 425-435

  Mitchell, Lynda ^a   Martyn Harvey, S ^b   Gage, John D ^a   Fallick, Anthony E ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bcnthic fluxes; Biogeochemistry; Continental slope; Organic carbon; Shelf edge

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHELF EDGE;

ATLANTIC, HEBRIDEAN SHELF EDGE;

EID: 0030863803     PISSN: 00209309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19970820313     Document Type: Article

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