Photosynthetic activity buffers ocean acidification in seagrass meadows

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 333-346

  Hendriks, I E ^a   Olsen, Y S ^a,b   Ramajo, L ^a,c   Basso, L ^a   Steckbauer, A ^a   Moore, T S ^a   Howard, J ^d   Duarte, C M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS   (Chile)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84894194187     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-333-2014     Document Type: Article

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