Potential effect of increased global CO2 availability on the depth distribution of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile: A tentative assessment using a carbon balance model

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1191-1198

  Invers, Olga ^a   Tomàs, Fiona ^a   Pérez, Marta ^a   Romero, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAGRASS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 0038756379     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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