Eutrophication and vertical flux: A critical evaluation of silicate addition

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 240, Issue , 2002, Pages 21-26

  Svensen, Camilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Mesocosm; Silicate; Vertical flux

Indexed keywords

MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTATION; SILICATE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII;

EID: 0037068747     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps240021     Document Type: Article

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