Inorganic nutrient and oxygen fluxes across the sediment-water interface in the inshore macrophyte areas of a shallow estuary (Lake Illawarra, Australia)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 492, Issue , 2003, Pages 119-127

  Qu, Wenchuan ^a,b   Morrison, R J ^a   West, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Benthic fluxes; Lake Illawarra; Nutrients; Primary production; Seagrass; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; CARBON; LAKES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

INORGANIC NUTRIENTS;

ESTUARIES;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OXYGEN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; HALOPHILA;

EID: 0042466736     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024817912671     Document Type: Article

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