Annual benthic metabolism and organic carbon fluxes in a semi-enclosed Mediterranean bay dominated by the macroalgae Caulerpa prolifera

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Ruiz Halpern, Sergio ^a,b   Vaquer Sunyer, Raquel ^b   Duarte, Carlos M ^b,c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Exchangeable dissolved organic carbon (EDOC); Fluxes; Macroalgae; Metabolism; Production; Volatile organic carbon (VOC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008722237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2014.00067     Document Type: Article

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