Long-term stability in the production of a NW Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile meadow

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 291, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 286-296

  Mateo, Miguel A ^a   Renom, Pere ^a   Michener, Robert H ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon stable isotopes; Ecosystem stability; Environmental reconstruction; Holocene; Matte core; Peat like sediments; Shading experiments

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HOLOCENE; IRRADIANCE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MEADOW; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PEAT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAGRASS; SHADING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 78449236752     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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