Indirect control of the intracellular nitrate pool of intertidal sediment by the polychaete Hediste diversicolor

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 445, Issue , 2012, Pages 181-192

  Heisterkamp, Ines M ^a   Kamp, Anja ^a   Schramm, Angela T ^a   De Beer, Dirk ^a   Stief, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intertidal sediment; Intracellular nitrate; Macrofauna; Microphytobenthos; Nereis diversicolor; Nitrogen cycle; Trophic interaction; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; EXCRETION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROCOSM; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIC SEDIMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYCHAETE; POOL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEDISTE DIVERSICOLOR; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84856184870     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09464     Document Type: Article

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