Sedimentary anaerobic microbial biogeochemistry in the gulf of trieste, northern adriatic sea: Influences of bottom water oxygen depletion

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-86

  Hines, Mark E ^a   Faganeli, Jadran ^b   Planinc, Rado ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Bioturbation; Marine sediments; Metal reduction; Oxygen depletion; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ANOXIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; METAL REDUCTION; METAL-REDUCING BACTERIA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXYGEN DEPLETION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULPHATE REDUCTION;

ADRIATIC SEA, GULF OF TRIESTE;

EID: 0030880075     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005806508707     Document Type: Article

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