Long-term carbon storage and its recent loss in an estuarine Posidonia australis meadow (Albany, Western Australia)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-65

  Rozaimi, Mohammad ^a,b   Lavery, Paul S ^b,c   Serrano, Oscar ^b,d   Kyrwood, Danielle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue carbon sink; Carbonate; Eutrophication; Global change; Organic matter; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CARBONATE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION COVER;

ALBANY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; AUSTRALIA; OYSTER HARBOUR; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

OSTREIDAE; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84960872375     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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