Influence of water depth on the carbon sequestration capacity of seagrasses

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 950-961

  Serrano, Oscar ^a,b   Lavery, Paul S ^a   Rozaimi, Mohammad ^a,c   Mateo, Miguel Ángel ^a,d  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

blue carbon; carbon sinks; climate Change; coastal ecosystems; Posidonia

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ACCRETION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAGRASS; WATER DEPTH;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; POSIDONIA SINUOSA;

EID: 84927625040     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004872     Document Type: Article

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