Benthic trophic status and nutrient fluxes in shallow-water sediments

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 783-795

  Engelsen, Anna ^a   Hulth, Stefan ^b   Pihl, Leif ^a   Sundbäck, Kristina ^b  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

autotrophy heterotrophy; benthic fluxes; benthic microalgae; macroalgal growth; sediment characteristics

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BENTHOS; CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHALLOW WATER; TROPHIC STATUS;

ALGAE;

EID: 44349164040     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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