Organic carbon in seagrass sediments is influenced by seagrass canopy complexity, turbidity, wave height, and water depth

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 938-952

  Samper Villarreal, Jimena ^a,b   Lovelock, Catherine E ^a   Saunders, Megan I ^a   Roelfsema, Chris ^a   Mumby, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CANOPY; CARBON SINK; COMPLEXITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIES CONCEPT; TURBIDITY; WATER DEPTH; WAVE HEIGHT;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84969195221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10262     Document Type: Article

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