Characterization of soils beneath a Posidonia oceanica meadow

Geoderma

Volumn 185-186, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-36

  Serrano, O ^a   Mateo, M A ^a   Renom, P ^a   Julia R ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical sink; Carbonate; Marine sediments; Mediterranean Sea; Organic matter; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL SINK; BULK DENSITY; COARSE ORGANIC MATTERS; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; HISTOSOLS; HOLOCENES; INORGANIC FRACTIONS; INORGANIC PARTICLES; LOW DENSITY; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MARINE SOILS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NW MEDITERRANEAN; OVERALL RATE; P. OCEANICA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASSES; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SOIL RESOURCES; TOTAL ORGANIC MATTER; UPPER LAYER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBONATES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEAWEED; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

CARBONATE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FRACTIONATION; HETEROGENEITY; HOLOCENE; MEADOW; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SILTY CLAY; SOIL TYPE; STABILIZATION; WEED;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84860580599     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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