Effect of nutrient enrichment on the source and composition of sediment organic carbon in tropical seagrass beds in the South China Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 274-280

  Liu, Songlin ^a,b   Jiang, Zhijian ^a   Zhang, Jingping ^a   Wu, Yunchao ^a,b   Lian, Zhonglian ^a,b,c   Huang, Xiaoping ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Composition; Microbial biomass carbon; Nutrient; Seagrass bed; Sediment organic carbon; Source

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEAWATER EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS; TROPICS;

INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; SEAGRASSES; SEDIMENT ORGANIC CARBON; SOURCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; SEA WATER;

ANALYSIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BAY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; HYDROCHARITACEAE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BAYS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCHARITACEAE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; SEAWATER; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84975073414     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.054     Document Type: Article

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