Comments on: "Underwater measurements of carbon dioxide evolution in marine plant communities: A new method" by J. Silva and R. Santos [Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 78(2008) 827-830]

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 357-360

  Abril, Gwenaël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

benthic metabolism; buffer capacity; carbon fluxes; carbonate system; chamber method

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBONATE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 61549099003     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.11.027     Document Type: Note

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