Variability of bioturbation in various sediment types and on different spatial scales in the southwestern Baltic Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 557, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-49

  Morys, Claudia ^a   Forster, Stefan ^a   Graf, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Chlorophyll degradation; Local and non local transport; Mixing depth

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTURBATION; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD SUPPLY; MIXING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84989257398     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11837     Document Type: Article

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