Characteristics of seagrass thalassia hemprichii leaf litter and its response to the fish farming in the Xincun bay, Hainan island

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1546-1552

  Zhou, Chen Yuan ^a,b   Jiang, Zhi Jian ^a   Lian, Zhong Lian ^a,b,c   Zhang, Jing Ping ^a   Ni, Zhi Xin ^a,b,c   Xu, Bang Yu ^a,b   Huang, Xiao Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter; Fish farming in cage culture; Leaf litter; Seagrass; Thalas sia hemprichii

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; SEAGRASS;

CHINA; HAINAN; XINCUN BAY;

SIA; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII;

EID: 84940184003     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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