Effects of bioturbation and plant roots on salt marsh biogeochemistry: A mesocosm study

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 241, Issue , 2002, Pages 71-87

  Gribsholt, Britta ^a   Kristensen, Erik ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic mineralization; Bioturbation; CO2 release; O2 uptake; Roots; Salt marsh mesocosm; Spartina; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTURBATION; MESOCOSM; MINERALIZATION; ROOT; SALTMARSH;

ALGAE; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIS; NEREIS DIVERSICOLOR; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ANGLICA; VAUCHERIA;

EID: 0037019889     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps241071     Document Type: Article

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