Aerial and underwater carbon metabolism of a Zostera noltii seagrass bed in the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-30

  Clavier, Jacques ^a   Chauvaud, Laurent ^a   Carlier, Antoine ^a   Amice, Erwan ^a   Van der Geest, Matthijs ^b   Labrosse, Pierre ^c   Diagne, Ahmed ^c   Hily, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches   (Mauritania)

Author keywords

Africa; Intertidal; Isotope; Metabolism; Primary production; Respiration; Seagrass; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EMERGENCE; INHIBITION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIATION BALANCE; RESPIRATION; SEAGRASS; TOLERANCE;

BANC D'ARGUIN NATIONAL PARK; MAURITANIA;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 79955466032     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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