Occurrence of benthic microbial nitrogen fixation coupled to sulfate reduction in the seasonally hypoxic Eckernförde Bay, Baltic Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1243-1258

  Bertics, V J ^a,c   Loscher C R ^b   Salonen, I ^b   Dale, A W ^a   Gier, J ^a   Schmitz, R A ^b   Treude, T ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; HYPOXIA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONALITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ECKERNFORDE BAY; GERMANY; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

EID: 84874603424     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-1243-2013     Document Type: Article

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