Mechanisms and ecological role of carbon transfer within coastal seascapes

Biological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 232-254

  Hyndes, Glenn A ^a   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^b,c   Mcleod, Rebecca J ^d   Connolly, Rod M ^e   Lavery, Paul S ^a   Vanderklift, Mathew A ^a,f  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystems; Ecosystem functioning; Fjords; Food webs; Landscape ecology; Mangroves; Reefs; Saltmarshes; Seagrasses; Spatial subsidy

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

ANIMAL; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SEA;

ANIMALS; CARBON CYCLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84891660103     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12055     Document Type: Article

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