Organic matter and benthic metabolism in Lake Illawarra, Australia

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1756-1774

  Qu, Wenchuan ^a,b,c   Morrison, R J ^b   West, R J ^b   Su, Chenwei ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic metabolism; Diagenetic processes; Fluxes; Lake Illawarra; Organic matter; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DIAGENESIS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE ILLAWARRA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; RUPPIA; ZOSTERA;

EID: 33747353101     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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