Simulations of ecosystem response during the sapropel S1 deposition event

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 235, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 265-287

  Bianchi, D ^a   Zavatarelli, M ^a   Pinardi, N ^a   Capozzi, R ^a   Capotondi, L ^b   Corselli, C ^c   Masina, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological modelling; Holocene; Marine ecology; Mediterranean Sea; Sapropel

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646363775     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.09.032     Document Type: Article

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