Spatial distribution and recent changes in carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus accumulation in sediments of the Black Sea

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 52-69

  Teodoru, Cristian R ^a,b   Friedl, Gabriela ^a,b   Friedrich, Jana ^a,b   Roehl, Ursula ^c   Sturm, Michael ^a,b   Wehrli, Bernhard ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Black Sea; Mass balance; Nutrients; Sediment core; Sedimentation; Transect

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; ACCUMULATION RATE; ANOXIC SEDIMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSECT;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 34247647972     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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