Organic matter release by the dominant primary producers in a Caribbean reef lagoon: Implication for in situ O2 availability

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 409, Issue , 2010, Pages 27-39

  Haas, Andreas F ^a   Jantzen, Carin ^a,b   Naumann, Malik S ^a   Iglesias Prieto, Roberto ^c   Wild, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ZMT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Algae; Caribbean reef lagoon; Coral; Organic matter; Oxygen; Primary producer; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIODEGRADATION; CORAL REEF; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS;

CARIBBEAN COAST [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUERTO MORELOS; YUCATAN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 77954121485     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08631     Document Type: Article

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