Bioavailability of organic matter in the sediments of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, northeastern Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 220, Issue , 2001, Pages 25-32

  Danovaro, R ^a   Dell'Anno, A ^a   Fabiano, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Deep sea sediments; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; BIOAVAILABILITY; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAIN;

EID: 0035959639     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps220025     Document Type: Article

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