Ecosystem metabolism along a colonization gradient of eelgrass (Zostera marina) measured by eddy correlation

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1376-1387

  Rheuban, Jennie E ^a,b   Berg, Peter ^a   McGlathery, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; COLONIZATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LIGHT EFFECT; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84903388274     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.4.1376     Document Type: Article

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