Functioning of intertidal flats inferred from temporal and spatial dynamics of O2, H2S and pH in their surface sediment

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-332

  Jansen, Stefan ^a,b   Walpersdorf, Eva ^a,c   Werner, Ursula ^a,d   Billerbeck, Markus ^a,e   Böttcher, Michael E ^a,f   De Beer, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b University of Copenhagen ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e BMT WBM Australia   (Australia)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intertidal flats; Oxygen; Permeable sand; Photosynthesis; Sulphide; Surface sediment

Indexed keywords

BIO IRRIGATIONS; DEGRADATION PROCESS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DRIVING FORCES; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; INTERTIDAL FLATS; LONG DISTANCES; LOW WATERS; OXYGEN DYNAMICS; OXYGEN PENETRATIONS; PERMEABLE SAND; PORE WATERS; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRIES; PRESSURE HEADS; SPATIAL DYNAMICS; SULPHIDE; SURFACE DYNAMICS; SURFACE SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT PHENOMENON; WAVE ACTIONS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; HYDRAULICS; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

DYNAMICS;

BIOTURBATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POREWATER; SAND; TIDAL FLAT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER FLOW; WEATHER;

EID: 67349134963     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-009-0179-4     Document Type: Article

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