Recovery of microphytobenthos and benthic functions after sediment deposition

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 446, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-44

  Larson, Fredrik ^a,b   Sundbäck, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Microphytobenthos; Nutrient flux; Oxygen flux; Resilience; Sediment deposition

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; CORE ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DEPOSITION; DIATOM; DISTURBANCE; DREDGING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FISH; FOOD SUPPLY; GRAZING; MIGRATION; NITRATE; NURSERY GROUND; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OXYGEN; PHYTOBENTHOS; POROSITY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

EID: 84857331811     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09488     Document Type: Article

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