| one publication added to basket [29978] | Microbial activity in sandy and muddy estuarine sediments
Elskens, M.; Leermakers, M.; Panatrakul, S.; Monteny, F.; Baeyens, W.F.J. (1991). Microbial activity in sandy and muddy estuarine sediments. Geo-Mar. Lett. 11(3-4): 194-198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02431012 In: Geo-Marine Letters. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0276-0460; e-ISSN 1432-1157, more |  |
| Keywords | Marine/Coastal; Brackish water |
| Authors | | Top | - Elskens, M., more
- Leermakers, M., more
- Panatrakul, S.
| - Monteny, F.
- Baeyens, W.F.J., more
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| Abstract | Striking differences were observed in the use of the electron acceptors involved in the degradation of organic matter by heterotrophic bacterial activity between a muddy and a sandy sediment on the same tidal flat of the Scheldt estuary. These bio-reduction reactions could have a quite different effect on the cycling of trace metals in the sediment as suggested by the results of the mobilization experiments. Trace metal speciation can be described as a function of the redox potential, in view of the fact that the latter is related to the heterotrophic bacterial activity. |
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