Relationships between benthic activity and the annual phytopigment cycle in near-bottom water and sediments in the southern North Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Boon, A R ^a   Duineveld, G C A ^a   Berghuis, E M ^a   Van Der Weele, J A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algal succession; Benthic pelagic coupling; Burial; Phytopigments

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIA; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENTAL; BENTHOS; DETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SEDIMENT;

NORTH SEA;

BIVALVIA; PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 0031939423     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0264     Document Type: Article

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