Physical and biogeochemical controls of microaggregate dynamics in a tidally affected coastal ecosystem

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 847-859

  Lunau, Mirko ^a   Lemke, Andreas ^a   Dellwig, Olaf ^a   Simon, Meinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33645083462     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.2.0847     Document Type: Article

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