Sedimentary iron inputs stimulate seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) population growth in carbonate sediments

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 710-713

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

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Govern de les Illes Balears ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

carbonate sediments; decline; iron; Posidonia oceanica; shoot population growth rate

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH RATE; IRON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA; ATTICA; BALEARIC ISLANDS; CAPE SOUNION; CYPRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LIMASSOL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 37749044162     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.021     Document Type: Article

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