Direct and indirect effects of tidal elevation on eelgrass decomposition

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 456, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-62

  Nicastro, Andrea ^a   Onoda, Yusuke ^b   Bishop, Melanie J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Intertidal; Litter bag; Litter quality; Sea level rise; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DECOMPOSITION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAGRASS; SHORELINE CHANGE; STIFFNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MUELLERI;

EID: 84862156613     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09635     Document Type: Article

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