Biological and biogeochemical effects of organic matter and drilling discharges in two sediment communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 442, Issue , 2011, Pages 23-36

  Trannum, Hilde C ^a   Nilsson, Hans C ^a,b   Schaanning, Morten T ^a   Norling, Karl ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biogeochemical fluxes; Oil exploration; Organic matter; Oxygen microdistributions; Water based drilling mud

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; BENTHOS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISCHARGE; DRILLING; EXPLORATION; MESOCOSM; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; POREWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 82955246384     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09340     Document Type: Article

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