Benthic respiration and standing stock on two contrasting continental margins in the western Indian Ocean: The Yemen-Somali upwelling region and the margin off Kenya

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 1293-1317

  Duineveld, G C A ^a   De Wilde, P A W J ^a   Berghuis, E M ^a   Kok, A ^a   Tahey, T ^a   Kromkamp, J ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYTODETRITUS; RESPIRATION; UPWELLING;

INDIAN OCEAN, (WEST); KENYA;

EID: 0031424586     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00006-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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