Coupled Dynamics of Iron and Phosphorus in Sediments of an Oligotrophic Coastal Basin and the Impact of Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Slomp, Caroline P ^a   Mort, Haydon P ^a,b   Jilbert, Tom ^a   Reed, Daniel C ^a   Gustafsson, Bo G ^c   Wolthers, Mariette ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC OXIDE; FERROUS ION; IRON; METHANE; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATE; SULFIDE; WATER; CARBON; MINERAL;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTROPHICATION; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; WATER ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FINLAND; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEA; SEDIMENT; SWEDEN;

CARBON; FINLAND; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; METHANE; MINERALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATES; SWEDEN; WATER;

EID: 84876590108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062386     Document Type: Article

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