Benthic metabolism and degradation of natural particulate organic matter in carbonate and silicate reef sands of the northern Red Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 298, Issue , 2005, Pages 69-78

  Wild, Christian ^a,d,f   Rasheed, Mohammed ^b   Jantzen, Carin ^c   Cook, Perran ^a   Struck, Ulrich ^d   Huettel, Markus ^e   Boetius, Antje ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonate sands; Coral mucus; Coral reef; Organic matter decomposition; Permeable sediments; Red Sea; Sedimentary metabolism

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REEF;

AQABA; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; JORDAN; MA'AN; MIDDLE EAST; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 24944540942     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps298069     Document Type: Article

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