Organic carbon budget at the sediment-water interface on the Gulf of Lions continental margin

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-92

  Accornero, Alessandra ^a,b   Picon, Philippe ^b   De Bovée, Francis ^c   Charrière, Bruno ^b   Buscail, Roselyne ^b  

^a Università Degli Studi Parthenope   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

3 00 E 3 50 E; Carbon cycle; Continental margin; Geographic bounding coordinates: 42 35 N 42 20 N; Gulf of Lions; Mineralization; Northwestern Mediterranean; Organic carbon; Sediment water interface

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 0037235461     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00168-1     Document Type: Article

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