Probing the microenvironment of freshwater sediment macrofauna: Implications of deposit-feeding and bioirrigation for nitrogen cycling

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2538-2548

  Stief, Peter ^a,b   De Beer, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BURROW; DEPOSIT FEEDING; FLY; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; LARVA; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN CYCLE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; INSECTA;

EID: 33845432901     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.6.2538     Document Type: Article

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