Effects of macroalgal blooms on carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycling in photoautotrophic sediments: An experimental mesocosm

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1550-1556

  Garcia Robledo E ^a   Corzo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intertidal sediments; Macroalgae bloom; Microbenthos; Microelectrodes; Microphytobenthos; Sediment net metabolism

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC METABOLISMS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONSUMPTION RATES; FLOWTHROUGH; INORGANIC NITROGEN; INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; MACRO-ALGAE; MACROALGAL BLOOMS; MESOCOSMS; MICROBENTHOS; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; MICROPROFILES; NUTRIENT DEMAND; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PORE WATERS; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; METABOLISM; MICROELECTRODES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL A;

ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHOS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; DIATOM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; MESOCOSM; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

AMMONIFICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROTROPHY; MACROALGA; MESOCOSM; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DOMINANCE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXYGEN; SEAWEED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79959329664     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.044     Document Type: Article

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