Nutrient fluxes, porewater profiles and denitrification in sediment influenced by algal sedimentation and bioturbation by Monoporeia affinis

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-97

  Tuominen, L ^a   Makela K ^a   Lehtonen, K K ^a   Haahti, H ^a   Hietanen, S ^a   Kuparinen, J ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amphipod crustaceans; Baltic Sea; Denitrification; Gulf of Finland; Nutrients; Organic matter; Porewater; Sediments

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT; SEDIMENT;

ALGA; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOTURBATION; DENITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; EUKARYOTA; MONOPOREIA; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS;

EID: 0344995264     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0492     Document Type: Article

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