Maerl growth, carbonate production rates and accumulation rates in the northeast Atlantic

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Bosence, Dan ^a   Wilson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Maerl; Production and accumulation rates; Temperate coralline algal gravel

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CALCAREOUS ALGA; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; GROWTH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MINING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0037289532     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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