Respiration and sequestering of organic carbon in shelf sediments of the oligotrophic northern Aegean Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 269, Issue , 2004, Pages 33-48

  Stahl H ^a   Hall, P O J ^a   Tengberg, A ^a   Josefson, A B ^b   Streftaris, N ^c   Zenetos, A ^c   Karageorgis, A P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic lander; Chlorophyll; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Dissolved organic carbon; Northern Aegean Sea; Organic carbon; Oxygen; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; SHELF SEDIMENT;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 17744408823     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps269033     Document Type: Article

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