Temperature effects on decomposition of a Posidonia oceanica mat

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-182

  Pedersen, Mia Østergaard ^a   Serrano, Oscar ^b   Mateo, Miguel Ángel ^b   Holmer, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

Carbon sink; Mediterranean Sea; Mineralization; Nitrogen; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655211670     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01543     Document Type: Article

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