An "Integrated Sediment Disturber" (ISD) to study the impact of repeated physical perturbations on sediment geochemistry and the small benthic biota

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2008, Pages 307-318

  Soltwedel, Thomas ^a   Lansard, Bruno ^b   Gilbert, Franck ^c,d   Hasemann, Christiane ^a   Bell, Elanor ^e,f   Sablotny, Burkhard ^a   Eagle, Matthew ^g   Kershaw, Peter ^g   Rabouille, Christophe ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^e SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^g CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 49249102953     PISSN: 15415856     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2008.6.307     Document Type: Article

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