Release of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from sediments of the N.W. European Continental Margin (Goban Spur) and its significance for benthic carbon cycling

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 127-144

  Otto, S ^a   Balzer, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

EID: 0032410952     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(98)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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