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The Effect of Meiofauna and Bacteria on Nutrient Cycles in Sandy Beaches

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Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 19))

Abstract

Little is known about the flux of carbon and nutrients from surf water through exposed beaches and back into the sea. Nonetheless it is clear that such rates of flux depend greatly on the quantity of water input into the beach (Munro et al. 1978). So far few field studies have been made to determine percolation rates and seawater volumes passing through sandy beaches (Fenchel, Riedl, 1970. Steele, Munro, 1970; Riedl, 1971; Riedl, Machan, 1972; McLachlan, 1979, 1982).

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    H. F-K. O. Hennig, A. H. Fricke & C. T. Martin

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Hennig, H.FK.O., Fricke, A.H., Martin, C.T. (1983). The Effect of Meiofauna and Bacteria on Nutrient Cycles in Sandy Beaches. In: McLachlan, A., Erasmus, T. (eds) Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2938-3_17

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