Effects of CO2 induced seawater acidification on infaunal diversity and sediment nutrient fluxes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 379, Issue , 2009, Pages 59-75

  Widdicombe, S ^a   Dashfield, S L ^a   McNeill, C L ^a   Needham, H R ^a   Beesley, A ^a   McEvoy, A ^a   Oxnevad S ^a   Clarke, K R ^b   Berge, J A ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon storage; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Nutrient flux; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOTURBATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MESOCOSM; NEMATODE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEAWATER; SILICATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA;

EID: 65649113924     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07894     Document Type: Article

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