Reviews and syntheses: Calculating the global contribution of coralline algae to total carbon burial

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 6429-6441

  Van Der Heijden, L H ^a,b   Kamenos, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CORALLINE ALGA; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS;

ALGAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84946925202     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-6429-2015     Document Type: Review

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