Dissolved organic carbon cycling in a subtropical seagrass-dominated lagoon

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 180, Issue , 1999, Pages 149-160

  Ziegler, Susan ^a,b   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; DOC; Exudation; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LAGOON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

HALOPHILA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 0033519414     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps180149     Document Type: Article

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