Sedimentary oxygen consumption and microdistribution at sites across the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone (Pakistan margin)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 296-304

  Breuer, Eric R ^a,b   Law, Gareth T W ^a   Woulds, Clare ^c   Cowie, Greg L ^c   Shimmield, Graham B ^a   Peppe, Oli ^a   Schwartz, Matt ^c   McKinlay, Susan ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Microelectrodes; OMZ; Oxygen; Porewater; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; BEFORE AND AFTER; BENTHIC BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIO-IRRIGATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOTURBATION; BOTTOM WATER; CONSUMPTION RATES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; IN-SITU; INORGANIC SPECIES; MICRODISTRIBUTION; OMZ; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PAKISTAN; PORE WATERS; POREWATER; POST-MONSOON; RESEARCH PLATFORMS; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; MICROELECTRODES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SURFACE DEFECTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTURBATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ELECTRODE; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; POREWATER; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 66749126334     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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