Links Between Bottom-Water Anoxia, the Polychaete Nereis diversicolor, and the Growth of Green-Algal Mats

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1365-1376

  Engelsen, Anna ^a   Sundbäck, Kristina ^b   Hulth, Stefan ^b  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Grazing; Green algae; Nereis diversicolor; Nutrient flux; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOTTOM WATER; GRAZING PRESSURE; GREEN ALGA; MACROALGA; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW WATER;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIS; POLYCHAETA; ULVA;

EID: 77957675469     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9296-z     Document Type: Article

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