Seasonal patterns of pore-water nutrients, benthic chlorophyll a and sedimentary AVS in a macrobenthos-rich tidal flat

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 571, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 297-311

  Magni, Paolo ^a   Montani, Shigeru ^b  

^a IMC International Marine Centre   (Italy)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulphides (AVS); Benthic chlorophyll a; Macrobenthos; Nutrients; Pore water; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; METABOLISM; SEDIMENTS;

ACID-VOLATILE SULPHIDES (AVS); BENTHIC CHLOROPHYLL; MACROBENTHOS; NUTRIENTS; PORE-WATER; TIDAL FLAT;

TIDES;

CHLOROPHYLL A; FIELD SURVEY; MACROBENTHOS; MASS BALANCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POREWATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL FLAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SETO INLAND SEA;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 33748893023     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0242-9     Document Type: Article

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