Seasonal and interannual variations of community metabolism rates of a Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 347-361

  Champenois, W ^a   Borges, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OPEN WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; RESPIRATION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM TRACK; WATER BUDGET;

CORSE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84864382323     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.1.0347     Document Type: Article

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