Benthic activity in sediments of the northwestern Adriatic Sea: Sediment oxygen consumption, macro- and meiofauna dynamics

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 263-280

  Moodley, Leon ^a   Heip, Carlo H R ^a   Middelburg, Jack J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; Biotic interactions; Bioturbation; Carbon flux; Eutrophication; Macrofauna; Northwestern Adriatic Sea; Sediment oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA;

AMPELISCA; CORBULA GIBBA; HYALA; MYSELLA;

EID: 0032422663     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(98)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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