Iron additions reduce sulfide intrusion and reverse seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) decline in carbonate sediments

Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 745-756

  Marbà, Núria ^a   Calleja, Maria Ll ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Álvarez, Elvira ^b   Díaz Almela, Elena ^a   Holmer, Marianne ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Govern de Les Illes Balears ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Clonal growth; Decline; Demography; Iron additions; Posidonia oceanica; Sediment; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLONAL GROWTH; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; MEADOW; SEAGRASS; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 35148842907     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9053-8     Document Type: Article

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