The impact of benthic macrofauna for nutrient fluxes from Baltic Sea sediments

Ambio

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 161-167

  Karlson, Karin ^a   Bonsdorff, Erik ^b   Rosenberg, Rutger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BENTHOS; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EID: 34250677190     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[161:TIOBMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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78. Acknowledgements: We gratefully acknowledge Stefan Hulth and one anonymous reviewer for valuable comments and suggested improvement on the manuscript. This study was financial supported by The Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA) through the Swedish research program MARE (Marine Research on Eutrophication). Figure 1. Map of the reviewed Baltic Sea areas. A = Askö area; K = Kanholmsfjärd; Ne = Neva estuary; Nf = Norsminde fjord. Shaded areas indicate depth curves (m).