Environmental Drivers of Benthic Flux Variation and Ecosystem Functioning in Salish Sea and Northeast Pacific Sediments

Rénald Belley; Paul V. R. Snelgrove; Philippe Archambault; S. Kim Juniper

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151110

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Environmental Drivers of Benthic Flux Variation and Ecosystem Functioning in Salish Sea and Northeast Pacific Sediments

Rénald Belley ,

* E-mail: renald.belley@mun.ca

Affiliation Departments of Ocean Sciences and Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Paul V. R. Snelgrove,

Affiliation Departments of Ocean Sciences and Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Philippe Archambault,

Affiliation Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada
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S. Kim Juniper

Affiliation School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Environmental Drivers of Benthic Flux Variation and Ecosystem Functioning in Salish Sea and Northeast Pacific Sediments

Rénald Belley,
Paul V. R. Snelgrove,
Philippe Archambault,
S. Kim Juniper

Published: March 4, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151110

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Units mislabelled in Fig 2

Posted by RenaldBelley on 17 Mar 2016 at 00:39 GMT

Please note that units on the y-axis of Fig 2 are mislabelled. O2 should be in mmol m-2 d-1 and nutrients (ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and silicate) should be in µmol m-2 d-1.

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Posted by RenaldBelley on 17 Mar 2016 at 00:39 GMT