Direct contribution of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum to lime mud production

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Enríquez, Susana ^a   Schubert, Nadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; OXIDE;

CALCIFICATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBONATE; HABITAT TYPE; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT TRAP;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CELL WALL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CRYSTAL; HABITAT; HALIMEDA INCRASSATA; LAGOON; LEAF LAMINA; LIGHT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRECIPITATION; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM; BONE MINERALIZATION; CARIBBEAN; CORAL REEF; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HYDROCHARITACEAE; METABOLISM; SEASON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CORAL REEFS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HYDROCHARITACEAE; OXIDES; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS;

EID: 84901377214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4835     Document Type: Article

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