An Experimental Apparatus for Laboratory and Field-Based Perfusion of Sediment Porewater with Dissolved Tracers

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-255

  Hardison, Amber ^a   Tobias, Craig ^b   Stanhope, Jennifer ^a   Canuel, Elizabeth ^a   Anderson, Iris ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesocosms; Porewater advection; Sediment column; Stable isotopes; Water sediment interface

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DYE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POREWATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

EID: 79751536369     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9285-2     Document Type: Article

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