Sedimentary and water column processes in the Oyster Grounds: A potentially hypoxic region of the North Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-249

  Weston, K ^a   Fernand, L ^b   Nicholls, J ^c   Marca Bell, A ^a   Mills, D ^b   Sivyer, D ^b   Trimmer, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; North Sea; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Sediment chemistry; Shelf sea

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; NITRATES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

HYPOXIA; NORTH SEA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHELF SEA;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; SILICATE;

AMMONIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHLOROPHYLL; HYPOXIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHELF SEA; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NORTH SEA; OSTREIDAE; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEASONS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OYSTER GROUND;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 39749093071     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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