Nitrogen and phosphorus in coastal sediments covered by cyanobacteria mats

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-54

  Ladakis, Manos ^a   Dassenakis, Manos ^a   Pantazidou, Adriani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal sediments; Cyanobacterial mats; Filamentous cyanobacteria; Organosedimentary structures; Recent stromatolites; Total nitrogen; Total phosphorus

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33644825137     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/jss2005.10.150     Document Type: Article

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