Massive turnover rates of fine root detrital carbon in tropical Australian mangroves

Oecologia

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 841-851

  Robertson, Alistar I ^a,b   Alongi, Daniel M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Belowground necromass; Ceriops; Rhizophora; Saprophytic decay; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; FINE ROOT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LEACHING; MANGROVE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; SAPROTROPHY; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERIOPS; FUNGI; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

CARBON;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; FUNGI; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WETLANDS;

EID: 84959494577     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3506-0     Document Type: Article

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