Rates and pathways of carbon oxidation in permanently cold Arctic sediments

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 180, Issue , 1999, Pages 7-21

  Kostka, Joel E ^a,b   Thamdrup, Bo ^a,c   Glud, Ronnie Nohr ^a,d   Canfield, Donald E ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Carbon cycle; Fe(III) reduction; Organic matter mineralization; Sediment; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; FJORD; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

NORWAY; SVALBARD;

EID: 0033519402     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps180007     Document Type: Article

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