Spatial and seasonal variability of sediment oxygen consumption and nutrient fluxes at the sediment water interface in a sub-tropical lagoon (New Caledonia)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 7-12, 2010, Pages 399-412

  Grenz, C ^a,b   Denis, L ^c   Pringault, O ^d,e   Fichez, R ^a,e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Benthic fluxes; New Caledonia; Nutrients; Oxygen; Pacific Ocean; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN;

BENTHIC FLUXES; NEW CALEDONIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION RATE; SEDIMENT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SEDIMENT OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE;

SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

BENTHIC FLUX; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; LAGOON; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OXYGEN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; LAGOON; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; WATER ANALYSIS;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77956009544     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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