Degrading seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) ecosystems: A source of dissolved matter in the Mediterranean

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 649, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-23

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Diurnal variation; Fish farming; Indicator; Nutrient flux; Oxygen flux

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUXES; DIURNAL VARIATION; FISH FARMING; NUTRIENT FLUXES; OXYGEN FLUXES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; FISH; MINERALOGY; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

BIOINDICATOR; DISSOLVED MATTER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FISH CULTURE; LIGHT EFFECT; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 77952428653     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0255-2     Document Type: Article

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