Sources of sediment carbon sequestered in restored seagrass meadows

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 551, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-105

  Greiner, J T ^a   Wilkinson, G M ^a   McGlathery, K J ^a   Emery, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Carbon sequestration; Seagrass; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL ZONE; DIATOM; MACROALGA; MEADOW; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEDIMENTATION; SESTON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HYMENACHNE; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84973879731     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11722     Document Type: Article

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