Benthic cycling of oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus

Marine Geochemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 207-240

  Hensen, Christian ^a   Zabel, Matthias ^b   Schulz, Heide N ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-32144-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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