High Sulfide Intrusion in Five Temperate Seagrasses Growing Under Contrasting Sediment Conditions

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-126

  Holmer, Marianne ^a   Kendrick, Gary A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iron content; Sulfate reduction rates; Sulfide pools; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BUFFERING; CARBONATE; IRON; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; POREWATER; REDUCTION; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBOLIS; AMPHIBOLIS ANTARCTICA; HALOPHILA OVALIS; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS; POSIDONIA SINUOSA; ZOSTERA;

EID: 84871417116     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9550-7     Document Type: Article

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