Seasonal variation of the microbially regulated buffering capacity at sediment-water interfaces in a freshwater lake

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-74

  Lazzaretti Ulmer, Maja A ^a   Hanselmann, Kurt W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acid neutralizing capacity; Calcium carbonate dissolution; Carbon cycling; Lake Lugano (Lago di Lugano); Pore water concentration gradients; Sediment microbiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032995434     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000270050052     Document Type: Article

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