Temporal variability of 210Pb fluxes and bioturbation in shelf sediments beneath the high primary production area off Concepción, central-southern Chile (36°S)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 586-602

  Muñoz, Praxedes ^a,b   Sellanes, Javier ^a,b   Lange, Carina ^b   Palma, Maritza ^b   Salamanca, Marco A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Benthos; Chile; Concepci n shelf; Photosynthetic pigments; Radioisotopes; Sediment mixing

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BIOTURBATION COEFFICIENTS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; SEDIMENT MIXING; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; BOTTOM WATER; CHLOROPHYLL A; LEAD ISOTOPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTODETRITUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SHELF SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BIO-BIO; CHILE; CONCEPCION [BIO-BIO]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36049014959     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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