Comparing chemistry and census-based estimates of net ecosystem calcification on a rim reef in Bermuda

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2016, Pages

  Courtney, Travis A ^a   Andersson, Andreas J ^a   Bates, Nicholas R ^b   Collins, Andrew ^b   Cyronak, Tyler ^a   de Putron, Samantha J ^b   Eyre, Bradley D ^c   Garley, Rebecca ^b   Hochberg, Eric J ^b   Johnson, Rodney ^b   Musielewicz, Sylvia ^d,e   Noyes, Tim J ^b   Sabine, Christopher L ^e   Sutton, Adrienne J ^d,e   Toncin, Jessy ^f   Tribollet, Aline ^f  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Accretion; Biogeochemistry; Budget; Calcium carbonate; Coral reef; Dissolution; Net ecosystem calcification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008622625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00181     Document Type: Article

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