Annual sediment primary production and respiration in a large coral reef lagoon (SW New Caledonia)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 191, Issue , 1999, Pages 79-89

  Clavier, Jacques ^a,b   Garrigue, Claire ^c  

^a IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Benthic community metabolism; Coral reef lagoon; Sediments

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BREATHING; CORAL; FRANCE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGENERATION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT;

CORAL REEF; MARINE SEDIMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION;

NEW CALEDONIA;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033619935     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps191079     Document Type: Article

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