Benthic Recycling of Organic Carbon on a Basin-Wide Scale in the Baltic Sea - in situ Studies Across Physical and Biogeochemical Gradients

Madeleine Nilsson1, Mikhail Y. Kononets1, Nils Ekeroth1, Lena Viktorsson2, Astrid Hylen3, Stefan Sommer4, Olaf Pfannkuche4, Elin Almroth-Rosell5, Anders Tengberg1, Dariia Atamanchuk6 and Per O J Hall1, (1)University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden, (2)Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden, (3)University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Antwerpen, Belgium, (4)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (5)Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Oceanography Research Dept., Norrköping, Sweden, (6)Dalhousie University, Department of Oceanography, Halifax, NS, Canada