The effects of megafaunal burrows on radiotracer profiles and organic composition in deep-sea sediments: Preliminary results from two sites in the bathyal north-east Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Hughes, D J ^a   Brown, L ^b   Cook, G T ^c   Cowie, G ^d   Gage, J D ^a   Good, E ^d   Kennedy, H ^e   MacKenzie, A B ^c   Papadimitriou, S ^e   Shimmield, G B ^a   Thomson, J ^b   Williams, M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Burrows; Deep sea; Phytodetritus; Radionuclides; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC STRUCTURES; ORGANIC COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT RADIOTRACER;

GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; PROFILOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOTURBATION; BURROW; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTODETRITUS; RADIONUCLIDE; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ECHIURA;

EID: 9944231050     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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