Impact of microphytobenthos on the sediment biogeochemical cycles: A modeling approach

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1687-1701

  Hochard, Sébastien ^a,b   Pinazo, Christel ^a   Grenz, Christian ^a,c   Evans, Jessica L Burton ^d   Pringault, Olivier ^b,e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Early diagenesis; Microphytobenthos; Modeling; Nitrogen cycle; Sediment; Shallow ecosystem

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MINERALOGY; MODELS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PLANKTON; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BENTHIC PRIMARY PRODUCTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; EARLY DIAGENESIS; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; MINERALIZATION PATHWAY; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLES;

SEDIMENTS;

AMMONIUM; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; DATA SET; DENITRIFICATION; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INHIBITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHALLOW WATER;

FLORIDA BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77956010207     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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