Benthic nutrient fluxes along an estuarine gradient: Influence of the pinnid bivalve Atrina zelandica in summer

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 288, Issue , 2005, Pages 151-164

  Gibbs, M ^a   Funnell, G ^a   Pickmere, S ^a   Norkko, A ^b   Hewitt, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrina zelandica; Benthic chambers; Benthic nutrient flux; Estuarine turbidity gradient; Microphytobenthos

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIVALVE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FILTER FEEDING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MAHURANGI HARBOUR; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

ALGAE; ATRINA; ATRINA ZELANDICA; BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE; PINNIDAE;

EID: 17644424010     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps288151     Document Type: Article

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