Macroalgae contribute to nested mosaics of pH variability in a subarctic fjord

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 4895-4911

  Krause Jensen, D ^a   Duarte, C M ^b,c   Hendriks, I E ^d   Meire, L ^e,f,g   Blicher, M E ^e   Marba N ^d   Sejr, M K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^e GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ARAGONITE; ARRAY; BENTHOS; BIOACTIVITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CALCIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FJORD; HABITAT MOSAIC; KELP FOREST; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; MELTWATER; METABOLISM; NICHE; PH; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; SALINITY; SATURATION; SENSOR; SUBARCTIC REGION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84939826251     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-4895-2015     Document Type: Article

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