Organic matter recycling during a mucilage event and its influence on the surrounding environment (Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 631-643

  Misic, Cristina ^a   Schiaparelli, Stefano ^a   Harriague, Anabella Covazzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ligurian Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Mucilage; Organic matter turnover; Pycnocline; Soft bottom community

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLYSIS; INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; MACROALGA; MARINE PARK; METEOROLOGY; MUCILAGE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGENATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTEIN; PYCNOCLINE; RECYCLING; SEAWATER; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE WATER; THERMOCLINE; WATER COLUMN;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 79952538656     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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