The effect of eelgrass decomposition on sediment carbon and nitrogen cycling: A controlled laboratory experiment

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1978-1992

  Pedersen, Anna Grethe U ^a   Berntsen, Jørgen ^a,b   Lomstein, Bente Aa ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOPHILA; POACEAE; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0032714989     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.8.1978     Document Type: Article

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