Rates of sediment sulphide oxidation by the bivalve mollusc Thyasira sarsi

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 280, Issue , 2004, Pages 181-187

  Dando, P R ^a,b   Southward, A J ^b   Southward, E C ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Ecosystem engineering; Population density; Sulphate reduction; Sulphide oxidation; Thyasira sarsi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXIDATION; SULFIDE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OSLOFJORD; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; THYASIRA; THYASIRA SARSI; THYASIRIDAE;

EID: 8444234772     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps280181     Document Type: Article

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