Carbon and nitrogen cycling on intertidal mudflats of a temperate Australian estuary. IV. Inverse model analysis and synthesis.

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 394, Issue , 2009, Pages 35-48

  Cook, Perran L M ^a   Van Oevelen, Dick ^b   Soetaert, Karline ^b   Middelburg, Jack J ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon; Inverse model; Microphytobenthos; Nitrogen; Sediment; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUPHOTIC ZONE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUDFLAT; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHYTOBENTHOS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 71849102775     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08270     Document Type: Article

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