Effect of temperature on biogeochemistry of marine organic-enriched systems: Implications in a global warming scenario

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2664-2677

  Sanz Lázaro, Carlos ^a,b   Valdemarsen, Thomas ^b   Marín, Arnaldo ^a   Holmer, Marianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benthic fluxes; Bioirrigation; Carbon mineralization; Climate change; Nereis diversicolor; Odense Fjord, Denmark; Organic enrichment; Sediment metabolism

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; IRON; OXYGEN; SULFIDE; SULFUR; WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHIC FLUX; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; GLOBAL WARMING; IRON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; SEA; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; IRON; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLYCHAETA; SULFIDES; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

DENMARK; FYN; ODENSE FJORD; SYDDANMARK;

NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR;

EID: 80053964179     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2219.1     Document Type: Article

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