Variability of sedimentary organic carbon in patchy seagrass landscapes

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 476-482

  Ricart, Aurora M ^a   York, Paul H ^d   Rasheed, Michael A ^d   Pérez, Marta ^a   Romero, Javier ^a   Bryant, Catherine V ^d   Macreadie, Peter I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Carbon stock; Climate change; Marine sediment; Patchiness; Zostera muelleri

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ALLOCHTHONOUS SOURCES; CARBON STOCKS; GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PATCHINESS; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; ZOSTERA MUELLERI;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON; CARBON;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PATCHINESS; SEAGRASS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CARBON STORAGE; COASTAL WATERS; HABITAT PATCHINESS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; QUEENSLAND; SAND; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; ZOSTERA MUELLERI; ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; ZOSTERACEAE;

ZOSTERA MUELLERI;

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUEENSLAND; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84955177280     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.09.032     Document Type: Article

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