Molecular composition of organic matter in the sediment of a mussel bed as an indicator of ecological variations

Senckenbergiana Maritima

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages 45-50

  Brocks, Peter ^b   Rohjans, Doris ^b   Scholz Böttcher, Barbara M ^b   Rullkötter, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMARKER; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DIATOM; EPIFAUNA; FECES; LIPID; MACROALGA; MOLLUSC; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

GERMANY;

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS EDULIS; PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 0033527188     PISSN: 0080889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03043119     Document Type: Article

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