Bioavailable organic matter in surface sediments of the Nazaré canyon and adjacent slope (Western Iberian Margin)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 44-59

  Garcia R ^a   Thomsen, L ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Biodeposition; Lability; Nazar canyon; Phytodetritus; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PELLETIZING; PORPHYRINS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIODEPOSITION; BULK ORGANIC MATTERS; CANYON WALLS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPLASTIC PIGMENTS; DEGRADATION INDICES; FLUME EXPERIMENTS; LABILITY; ORGANIC MATTERS; PHYTODETRITUS; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SUBMARINE CANYONS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WATER DEPTHS;

SEDIMENTS;

AMINO ACID; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; FLUME EXPERIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTODETRITUS; SLOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBMARINE CANYON; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN MARGIN; NAZARE CANYON;

FORAMINIFERA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 54049122668     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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