Pore-water advection and solute fluxes in permeable marine sediments (II): Benthic respiration at three sandy sites with different permeabilities (German Bight, North Sea)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 779-792

  Janssen, F ^a   Huettel, M ^a,b   Witte, U ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POREWATER; RESPIRATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 20044396564     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.3.0779     Document Type: Article

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