Sulphate, dissolved organic carbon, nutrients and terminal metabolic products in deep pore waters of an intertidal flat

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-238

  Beck, Melanie ^a   Dellwig, Olaf ^a,b   Holstein, Jan M ^a   Grunwald, Maik ^a   Liebezeit, Gerd ^c   Schnetger, Bernhard ^a   Brumsack, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Research Centre Terramare   (Germany)

Author keywords

DOC; Geochemistry; Intertidal flat; Nutrients; Pore water; Sulphate

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MARINE SEDIMENT; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POREWATER; SULFATE; TIDAL FLAT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 48349090589     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-008-9215-6     Document Type: Article

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