A benthic lander for tracer studies in the sea bed: In situ measurements of sulfate reduction

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1581-1594

  Greeff, Oliver ^d   Glud, Ronnie Nøhr ^a,d   Gundersen, Jens ^b,d   Holby, Ola ^c,d   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; REDUCTION; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE; TRACER;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0032212013     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(98)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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