The mangrove pump: The tidal flushing of animal burrows in a tropical mangrove forest determined from radionuclide budgets

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-22

  Stieglitz, Thomas C ^a,b   Clark, Jordan F ^c   Hancock, Gary J ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; INORGANIC MATTER; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RADON ISOTOPE; RIVER DISCHARGE; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HINCHINBROOK ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84870260194     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.10.033     Document Type: Article

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