The spring bloom and its impact on benthic mineralisation rates in western Irish Sea sediments

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 185, Issue , 1999, Pages 37-46

  Trimmer, M ^a   Gowen, R J ^b   Stewart, B M ^b   Nedwell, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic mineralisation; Nutrient exchange; Secondary production; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; DENITRIFICATION; METABOLISM; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REDUCTION; SULFATE;

BENTHIC FLUX; CARBON FLUX; DETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

IRISH SEA;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; NEPHROPS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICA;

EID: 0033588512     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps185037     Document Type: Article

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