Benthic remineralization at the land-ocean interface: A case study of the Rhône River (NW Mediterranean Sea)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 544-554

  Lansard, Bruno ^a   Rabouille, Christophe ^a   Denis, Lionel ^b   Grenz, Christian ^c,d  

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

^b Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

coastal sediment; Gulf of Lions; in situ oxygen uptake rate; organic carbon recycling; Rh ne River; stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHONE RIVER;

EID: 59149088891     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.11.025     Document Type: Article

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