Sources of organic matter in seagrass-colonized sediments: A stable isotope study of the silt and clay fraction from Posidonia oceanica meadows in the western Mediterranean

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 949-961

  Papadimitriou, S ^a   Kennedy, H ^a   Kennedy, D P ^b   Duarte, C M ^b   Marba N ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEAGREASS; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTERS;

CARBON; CLAY; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; TISSUE;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CLAY MINERAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 18844365623     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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