A halocarbon survey from a seagrass dominated subtropical lagoon, Ria Formosa (Portugal): Flux pattern and isotopic composition

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1697-1711

  Weinberg, I ^a   Bahlmann, E ^a   Eckhardt, T ^a   Michaelis, W ^a   Seifert, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; FLUX CHAMBER; HALOCARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAGOON; MEADOW; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS; WATER COLUMN;

FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA;

EID: 84925004728     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-1697-2015     Document Type: Article

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