In situ microscale variation in distribution and consumption of O 2: A case study from a deep ocean margin sediment (Sagami Bay, Japan)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Glud, Ronnie N ^a,b   Stahl, Henrik ^a   Berg, Peter ^c   Wenzhöfer, Frank ^d   Oguri, Kazumasa ^e   Kitazato, Hiroshi ^e  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BOUNDARY LAYER; DEEP SEA; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MINERALIZATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER DEPTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; SAGAMI BAY;

EID: 61649112942     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0001     Document Type: Article

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