Impact of mooring activities on carbon stocks in seagrass meadows

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Serrano, O ^a,b,c   Ruhon, R ^b,d   Lavery, P S ^a,c   Kendrick, G A ^b,c   Hickey, S ^b   Masque P ^a,b,e   Arias Ortiz, A ^e   Steven, A ^f   Duarte, C M ^g  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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

^d HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; LEAD; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; HUMAN; RECREATION; SEDIMENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GRASSLAND; HUMANS; LEAD; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RECREATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84982112035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep23193     Document Type: Article

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