Can macroalgae contribute to blue carbon? An Australian perspective

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1689-1706

  Hill, Ross ^a   Bellgrove, Alecia ^b   Macreadie, Peter I ^c,d   Petrou, Katherina ^c   Beardall, John ^e   Steven, Andy ^f   Ralph, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; COASTAL ZONE; MACROALGA;

AUSTRALIA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84953737570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10128     Document Type: Article

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