Metabolic imbalance in coastal vegetated (Posidonia oceanica) and unvegetated benthic ecosystems

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-471

  Apostolaki, Eugenia T ^a,b   Holmer, Marianne ^c   Marbà, Núria ^d   Karakassis, Ioannis ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter; Eutrophication; Fish farming; Mediterranean; Net community production; Nutrient cycling; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FISH CULTURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS; WATER COLUMN;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 77951767802     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9330-9     Document Type: Article

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