Organism-Sediment Interactions Govern Post-Hypoxia Recovery of Ecosystem Functioning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  van Colen, Carl ^a   Rossi, Francesca ^b,c   Montserrat, Francesc ^b   Andersson, Maria G I ^b   Gribsholt, Britta ^b   Herman, Peter M J ^b   Degraer, Steven ^a,d   Vincx, Magda ^a   Ysebaert, Tom ^b,e   Middelburg, Jack J ^b,f  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOTURBATION; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EUTROPHICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOXIA; MACROFAUNA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM); SEDIMENT;

ANOXIA; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 84869768361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049795     Document Type: Article

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