The impact of bedform migration on benthic oxygen fluxes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2229-2242

  Ahmerkamp, Soeren ^a   Winter, Christian ^b   Janssen, Felix ^a,c,d   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^a   Holtappels, Moritz ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d HGF MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology   (Germany)

Author keywords

bedform migration; biogeochemistry; hyporheic flow; modelling; permeable sediments; sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; OXYGEN; POREWATER; POROUS MEDIUM; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84956591242     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JG003106     Document Type: Article

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