Spartina maritima influence on the dynamics of the phosphorus sedimentary cycle in a warm temperate estuary (Mondego estuary, Portugal)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 587, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 195-204

  Lillebø, Ana Isabel ^a,b   Coelho, J P ^a,b   Flindt, M R ^c   Jensen, H S ^c   Marques, J C ^a   Pedersen, C B ^d   Pardal, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Estuary; Phosphate fluxes; Phosphorus speciation; Sediment water interactions; Spartina maritime

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; SEDIMENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHOSPHATE FLUXES; PHOSPHORUS SEDIMENTARY CYCLES; SEDIMENT WATER INTERACTIONS; SPARTINA MARITIME;

PHOSPHORUS;

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GRASS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA MARITIMA;

EID: 34250789237     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0679-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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