Role of hydrodynamic conditions on quantity and biochemical composition of sediment organic matter in sandy intertidal sediments (NW Atlantic coast, Iberian Peninsula)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 497, Issue , 2003, Pages 39-51

  Incera, M ^a   Cividanes, S P ^a   Lopez J ^a   Costas, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biochemical composition; Intertidal sediment; Organic matter composition

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIOPOLYMERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PROTEINS; SEDIMENTS; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

INTERTIDAL SLOPES;

COASTAL ZONES;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE;

EID: 0242403143     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025405519829     Document Type: Article

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