Losses and recovery of organic carbon from a seagrass ecosystem following disturbance

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1817, 2015, Pages

  Macreadie, Peter I ^a,b   Trevathan Tackett, Stacey M ^a   Skilbeck, Charles G ^a   Sanderman, Jonathan ^c,d   Curlevski, Nathalie ^a   Jacobsen, Geraldine ^e   Seymour, Justin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Blue carbon; Carbon sink; Disturbance; Restoration; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON SINK; DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CARBON; RNA 16S;

ALISMATALES; BACTERIUM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEA; SEDIMENT;

ALISMATIDAE; BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANS AND SEAS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84945207267     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1537     Document Type: Article

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