Carbon budgets of multispecies seagrass beds at Dongsha Island in the South China Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 92-102

  Huang, Yen Hsun ^a   Lee, Chen Lu ^a   Chung, Chia Yun ^a   Hsiao, Shu Chuan ^a   Lin, Hsing Juh ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon sink; Decomposition; Export; Herbivory; Production; Tropical

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BUDGET CONTROL; DECOMPOSITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTION;

CARBON SINK; EXPORT; HERBIVORY; NEAR-SHORE WATERS; ORGANIC CARBON STORAGES; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENT ORGANIC CARBON; TROPICAL;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DECOMPOSITION; HERBIVORY; SEAGRASS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON SINK; CARBON STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; NONHUMAN; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; ANIMAL; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HERBIVORY; INVERTEBRATE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; ZOSTERACEAE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PRATAS ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HERBIVORY; INVERTEBRATES; ISLANDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84932624229     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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