Reduced carbon sequestration in a Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) ecosystem impacted by fish farming

Aquaculture Environment Interactions

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-59

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

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon sink; Eutrophication; Metabolism; Primary production; Sediment; Threshold

Indexed keywords

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84857765211     PISSN: 1869215X     EISSN: 18697534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/aei00031     Document Type: Article

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