Biological vs. physical mixing effects on benthic food web dynamics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Braeckman, Ulrike ^a   Provoost, Pieter ^b   Moens, Tom ^a   Soetaert, Karline ^b   Middelburg, Jack J ^b,c   Vincx, Magda ^a   Vanaverbeke, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CHLOROPHYLLIDE; CHLOROPHYLLIDE A; OXYGEN;

ABRA ALBA; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; AUTECOLOGY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOIRRIGATION; BIOTURBATION; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD WEB; LANICE CONCHILEGA; MACROBENTHOS; METAZOON; MICROCOSM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ABRA ALBA; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LANICE CONCHILEGA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYLLIDES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; NEMATODA; OXYGEN;

EID: 79953043823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018078     Document Type: Article

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