Strong tidal currents and labile organic matter stimulate benthic decomposition and carbonate fluxes on the southern Great Barrier Reef shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1384-1395

  Alongi, D M ^a   Trott, L A ^a   Mohl M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerobic respiration; Carbon cycling; Carbonate; Manganese reduction; Nitrogen cycling; Tidal currents

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; BENTHOS; CARBONATE; DECOMPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; IRON; MANGANESE; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SHELF BREAK; SULFATE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL POWER;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79960343556     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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