Rapid response of a deep-sea benthic community to POM enrichment: An in situ experimental study

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 251, Issue , 2003, Pages 27-36

  Witte, U ^a   Aberle, N ^a,b   Sand, M ^a   Wenzhofer F ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Benthic carbon remineralization; Continental slope; Deep sea; Macrofauna; Pulse chase experiment; SCOC; 13C

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DEEP SEA; DETRITUS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

NORWAY; SOGNEFJORD;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA ROTULA;

EID: 0037728665     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps251027     Document Type: Article

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