A huge biocatalytic filter in the centre of Barents Sea shelf?

Oceanologia

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-335

  Wesławski, Jan Marcin ^a   Kedra, Monika ^a   Przytarska, Joanna ^a   Kotwicki, Lech ^a   Ellingsen, Ingrid ^b   Skardhamar, Jofrid ^c   Renaud, Paul ^d   Goszczko, Ilona ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

European Arctic; Pelago benthic coupling; Permeable sediments; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATER; FLOW MODELING; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAFLOOR;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BARENTS SEA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BALANUS; MYA; PECTEN;

EID: 84862487378     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.54-2.325     Document Type: Article

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