Microscale distribution of oxygen and nitrate in sediment inhabited by Nereis diversicolor: Spatial patterns and estimated reaction rates

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-32

  Nielsen, Ole Ilsøe ^a,c   Gribsholt, Britta ^a,d   Kristensen, Erik ^a   Revsbech, Niels Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Burrow walls; Nereis diversicolor; Nitrogen cycling; NO3 NO2 biosensor; Sediments

Indexed keywords

NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIS; NEREIS DIVERSICOLOR; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 4243201594     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame034023     Document Type: Article

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