Burial and decomposition of plant pigments in surface sediments of the Baltic Sea: Role of oxygen and benthic fauna

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 455, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-49

  Josefson, Alf B ^a   Norkko, Joanna ^b,c,d   Norkko, Alf ^b,d,e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Bioturbation; Burial; Oxygen; Plant pigments

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTURBATION; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; DECOMPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOXIA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

MACOMA BALTHICA; MARENZELLERIA; MONOPOREIA; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS; PONTOPOREIA FEMORATA; SCOLOPLOS; SCOLOPLOS ARMIGER;

EID: 84861845050     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09661     Document Type: Article

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