Oxygen diffusion limitation and ammonium production within sinking diatom aggregates under hypoxic and anoxic conditions

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 176, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-149

  Ploug, Helle ^a   Bergkvist, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diatom aggregates; Fluorometry; Mass transfer; Microsensors; Modeling

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DIATOM; DIFFUSION; FLUOROMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; REMINERALIZATION; SENSOR; WATER COLUMN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84941764898     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2015.08.012     Document Type: Article

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