Spatial and seasonal variations of sulphate, dissolved organic carbon, and nutrients in deep pore waters of intertidal flat sediments

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-316

  Beck, Melanie ^a   Dellwig, Olaf ^a   Liebezeit, Gerd ^b   Schnetger, Bernhard ^a   Brumsack, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b ICBM Terramare   (Germany)

Author keywords

advection; DOC; intertidal flat; nutrients; pore water; spatial and seasonal variation; sulphate

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER; REMINERALIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFATE; TIDAL FLAT; WATER FLOW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 45549104462     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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