Anoxic microniches in marine sediments induced by aggregate settlement: Biogeochemical dynamics and implications

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 307-327

  Lehto, Niklas ^a,g   Glud, Ronnie N ^b,c,d,e   á Nordi, Gunnvør ^f   Zhang, Hao ^g   Davison, William ^g  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f Aquaculture Research Station of the Faroes   (Faroe Islands)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoxic microniches; Denitrification; Elemental cycling; Marine sediments; Marine snow; Numerical modelling; Planar optode; Respiration rate

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DENITRIFICATION; DIATOM; MARINE SEDIMENT; MARINE SNOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; SKELETONEMA;

EID: 84900807088     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-9967-0     Document Type: Article

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