Variability in Carbon Availability and Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Biometrics Along an Estuarine Gradient in Willapa Bay, WA, USA

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1908-1917

  Ruesink, Jennifer L ^a   Yang, Sylvia ^a,b   Trimble, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Leaf tissue nutrients; Reproductive investment; Seagrass landscape; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIOMASS; BIOMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; LEAF; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAPA BAY;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84943351010     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-014-9933-z     Document Type: Article

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