Benthic use of phytoplankton blooms: uptake, burial and biodiversity effects in a species-poor system
Animals living in marine sediments (the second largest habitat on earth) play a major role in global biogeochemical cycling. By feeding on organic matter from settled phytoplankton blooms they produce food for higher trophic levels and nutrients that can fuel primary production. In the Baltic Sea, a...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Stockholms universitet, Systemekologiska institutionen
2010
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-32598 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7155-991-3 |