Quantity and bioavailability of sediment organic matter as signatures of benthic trophic status

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 375, Issue , 2009, Pages 41-52

  Pusceddu, Antonio ^a   Dell'Anno, Antonio ^a   Fabiano, Mauro ^b   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Marine sediments; Organic matter; Trophic status

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PIGMENT; POLYMER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER DEPTH;

ALGAE;

EID: 60949090711     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07735     Document Type: Article

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