Impact of grazing by benthic eukaryotic organisms on the nitrogen sediment-water exchange in the North Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 255-268

  Hondeveld, Bea J M ^a   Bak, Rolf P M ^a   Van Raaphorst, Wim ^a   Van Duyl, Fleur C ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cycloheximide; Eukaryotes; Mineralisation; Sediment water exchange

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PROTOZOA;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033044825     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(99)00003-9     Document Type: Article

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