Key biogeochemical factors affecting soil carbon storage in Posidonia meadows

Biogeosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 4581-4594

  Serrano, Oscar ^a,b   Ricart, Aurora M ^a,c   Lavery, Paul S ^a,d   Mateo, Miguel Angel ^a,d   Arias Ortiz, Ariane ^e   Masque, Pere ^a,b,e   Rozaimi, Mohammad ^a,f   Steven, Andy ^g   Duarte, Carlos M ^h  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DETRITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SOIL CARBON; WATER DEPTH;

POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA SINUOSA;

EID: 84982162846     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-4581-2016     Document Type: Article

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