Particulate organic matter fluxes and hydrodynamics at the Tisler cold-water coral reef

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 19-29

  Wagner, Hannes ^a   Purser, Autun ^a   Thomsen, Laurenz ^a   Jesus, Carlos César ^b,d   Lundälv, Tomas ^c  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Nemus Gestão e Requalificação Ambiental   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbon fluxes; Coral mucus; Coral reefs; Downwelling; Reef effects; Reef nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACID DEGRADATION; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; C/N RATIO; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON FLUXES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHLOROPHYLL PROFILE; COLD-WATER CORALS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CORAL MUCUS; CORAL REEFS; CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; DEPOSITIONAL FLUXES; DOWN-WELLING; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FLOW DIRECTION; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SKAGERRAK; WATER MASS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BODY FLUIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; DEGRADATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); NUTRITION; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS;

REEFS;

AMINO ACID; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL; COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CORAL REEF; DOWNWELLING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT USE; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK; TISLER REEF;

ANTHOZOA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA;

EID: 78751566445     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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