Fate of organic matter in Arctic intertidal sediments: is utilisation by meiofauna important?

This paper presents (1) a study of the fate of high-quality detritus in Arctic sandy beaches, in particular its use by the sandy beach meiobenthos, and (2) a comparison of organic matter mineralisation rates with those in other climatic regions. We performed a tracer experiment in which lyophilised...

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Published in:Journal of Sea Research
Main Authors: Urban-Malinga, B., Moens, T.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2006
Subjects:
PNE
Online Access:http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=102811